diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 0d1bebe..64e0684 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.6.0"
+  ".": "1.7.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 802cf45..5ff73d4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 This changelog is automatically maintained by [Release Please](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please) using [Conventional Commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/). Do not edit the versioned sections manually.
 
+## [1.7.0](https://github.com/locus313/github-api-scripts/compare/v1.6.0...v1.7.0) (2026-10-14)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add github-increase-copilot-user-budget script ([#63](https://github.com/locus313/github-api-scripts/issues/63)) ([5c07c2e](https://github.com/locus313/github-api-scripts/commit/5c07c2e5cbfd7ea6fe537fcaad6d2f037f105970))
+
 ## [1.6.0](https://github.com/locus313/github-api-scripts/compare/v1.5.0...v1.6.0) (2026-09-15)
 
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index dc1e644..bd8bf88 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.6.0
+1.7.0