diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e69de29..4e5737d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES, 2023. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
+#
+# See file LICENSE for terms.
+#
+
+## Current
+### Features:
+#### Kernel driver:
+#### Bugfixes:
+
+## 2.7.0 (June 13, 2023)
+### Features:
+#### Kernel driver:
+ * Added faulting of multiple pages at once, forward and backward
+#### Bugfixes:
+ * Added compilation fixes for PPC on Ubuntu 18.04
+ * Fixed vma_iterator compilation issue on kernel 6.1 onwards
diff --git a/dkms.conf b/dkms.conf
index 38100db..8a98ccf 100644
--- a/dkms.conf
+++ b/dkms.conf
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 # DKMS module name and version
 PACKAGE_NAME="xpmem"
-PACKAGE_VERSION="2.6.5"
+PACKAGE_VERSION="2.7.0"
 
 # module name
 BUILT_MODULE_NAME[0]="xpmem"
diff --git a/kernel/xpmem_main.c b/kernel/xpmem_main.c
index 401f0f2..5b2bf6c 100644
--- a/kernel/xpmem_main.c
+++ b/kernel/xpmem_main.c
@@ -511,6 +511,6 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Silicon Graphics, Inc.");
 MODULE_INFO(supported, "external");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("XPMEM support");
-MODULE_VERSION("2.6.5");
+MODULE_VERSION("2.7.0");
 module_init(xpmem_init);
 module_exit(xpmem_exit);
diff --git a/kernel/xpmem_private.h b/kernel/xpmem_private.h
index 2c2abbf..ed9001a 100644
--- a/kernel/xpmem_private.h
+++ b/kernel/xpmem_private.h
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@
  *       major - major revision number (12-bits)
  *       minor - minor revision number (16-bits)
  */
-#define XPMEM_CURRENT_VERSION		0x00026005
-#define XPMEM_CURRENT_VERSION_STRING	"2.6.5"
+#define XPMEM_CURRENT_VERSION		0x00027000
+#define XPMEM_CURRENT_VERSION_STRING	"2.7.0"
 
 #define XPMEM_MODULE_NAME "xpmem"
 
diff --git a/xpmem-kmod.spec b/xpmem-kmod.spec
index a1acbc8..6692b18 100644
--- a/xpmem-kmod.spec
+++ b/xpmem-kmod.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 Summary: XPMEM: Cross-partition memory
 Name: xpmem-kmod-%{kernel_release}
-Version: 2.6.5
+Version: 2.7.0
 Release: 0
 License: GPLv2
 Group: System Environment/Kernel