diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index d930d20..aeda91d 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "3.0.0-alpha"
+  ".": "7.0.0"
 }
diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 627c453..e486a9c 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [7.0.0](https://github.com/mongodb-js/zstd/compare/v3.0.0-alpha...v7.0.0) (2025-11-04)
+
+
+### Miscellaneous Chores
+
+* prepare for 7.0 release ([#101](https://github.com/mongodb-js/zstd/issues/101)) ([c7845f0](https://github.com/mongodb-js/zstd/commit/c7845f01091b02f3b49ee79b4766e10ef07e00f2))
+
 ## [3.0.0-alpha](https://github.com/mongodb-js/zstd/compare/v2.0.1...v3.0.0-alpha) (2025-10-21)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 8723f36..d6cf746 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@mongodb-js/zstd",
-  "version": "3.0.0-alpha",
+  "version": "7.0.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@mongodb-js/zstd",
-      "version": "3.0.0-alpha",
+      "version": "7.0.0",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f9c2714..468ad94 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@mongodb-js/zstd",
-  "version": "3.0.0-alpha",
+  "version": "7.0.0",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "types": "index.d.ts",
   "repository": "https://github.com/mongodb-js/zstd",