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 # Django Admin Sortable
 
-Current version: 1.6.9
+Current version: 1.7
 
 This project makes it easy to add drag-and-drop ordering to any model in
 Django admin. Inlines for a sortable model may also be made sortable,
@@ -316,8 +316,8 @@ ordering on top of that just seemed a little much in my opinion.
 django-admin-sortable is currently used in production.
 
 
-### What's new in 1.6.9?
-- Exception handling fix. Thanks [@kirov](https://github.com/kirov)
+### What's new in 1.7?
+- Python 2.6 compatibility. Thanks [@EnTeQuAk](https://github.com/EnTeQuAk)
 
 
 ### Future
diff --git a/adminsortable/__init__.py b/adminsortable/__init__.py
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--- a/adminsortable/__init__.py
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION = (1, 6, 9)  # following PEP 386
+VERSION = (1, 7, 0)  # following PEP 386
 DEV_N = None