diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4764f63d4113923e33784500bb9b6828c8ff7ef1..62ae814b2b73712f15cbbfaf29b5e431e479d832 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ option(ENABLE_WRAP_JAVA "Build Java wrappers" OFF)
 option(ENABLE_WRAP_PYTHON "Build Python wrappers" OFF)
 
 set(GMSH_MAJOR_VERSION 2)
-set(GMSH_MINOR_VERSION 6)
-set(GMSH_PATCH_VERSION 2)
+set(GMSH_MINOR_VERSION 7)
+set(GMSH_PATCH_VERSION 0)
 set(GMSH_EXTRA_VERSION "" CACHE STRING "Gmsh extra version string")
 
 set(GMSH_VERSION "${GMSH_MAJOR_VERSION}.${GMSH_MINOR_VERSION}")
diff --git a/doc/VERSIONS.txt b/doc/VERSIONS.txt
index 7c0206f385cb97bfdb5cbcc2928d96ff9cc41b4b..04401eff5f76c8cad2be890d257700bb32bb2da3 100644
--- a/doc/VERSIONS.txt
+++ b/doc/VERSIONS.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-2.7.0 (?): new single-window GUI, with dynamically customizable widget tree;
-faster STEP/BRep import; arbitrary size image export; faster 2D Delaunay/Frontal
-algorithms; full option viewer/editor; many bug fixes.
+2.7.0 (March 9, 2013): new single-window GUI, with dynamically customizable
+widget tree; faster STEP/BRep import; arbitrary size image export; faster 2D
+Delaunay/Frontal algorithms; full option viewer/editor; many bug fixes.
 
 2.6.1 (July 15, 2012): minor improvements and bug fixes.
 
diff --git a/doc/gmsh.1 b/doc/gmsh.1
index 11be90d5243e041d1d6e4e081209a684b35a7d1b..0d38aba995714d2b6ad80cf42c6d635b3f2c236e 100644
--- a/doc/gmsh.1
+++ b/doc/gmsh.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH Gmsh 1 "8 february 2010" "Gmsh 2.5" "Gmsh Manual Pages"
+.TH Gmsh 1 "9 March 2013" "2.7" "Gmsh Manual Pages"
 .UC 4
 .\" ********************************************************************
 .SH NAME
diff --git a/doc/gmsh.html b/doc/gmsh.html
index a961f8c86ef4d00410ad986bfd7a919ea9ac75d7..22d9713a70a120cc50b9b3d0d8d3612b2e9a028d 100644
--- a/doc/gmsh.html
+++ b/doc/gmsh.html
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ generator with built-in pre- and post-processing facilities</h1>
 
 <h4 align="center">Christophe Geuzaine and Jean-François Remacle</h4>
 
-<h4 align="center">Version 2.6.1, July 15 2012</h4>
+<h4 align="center">Version 2.7.0, March 9 2013</h4>
 
 <center>
   <a href="#Description">Description</a> |
@@ -68,11 +68,15 @@ the <a href="/gmsh/doc/LICENSE.txt">GNU General Public License
 <ul>
   <li>
     <p class="highlight">
-      <strong>Current stable release</strong>:
-      <a href="/gmsh/bin/Windows/gmsh-2.6.1-Windows.zip"><strong>Windows</strong></a>,
-      <a href="/gmsh/bin/Linux/gmsh-2.6.1-Linux.tgz"><strong>Linux</strong></a>,
-      <a href="/gmsh/bin/MacOSX/gmsh-2.6.1-MacOSX.dmg"><strong>Mac OS X</strong></a> and
-      <a href="/gmsh/src/gmsh-2.6.1-source.tgz"><strong>source code</strong></a>
+      <strong>Current stable release</strong>: Windows
+      <a href="/gmsh/bin/Windows/gmsh-2.7.0-Windows.zip"><strong>32 bit</strong></a> /
+      <a href="/gmsh/bin/Windows/gmsh-2.7.0-Windows64.zip"><strong>64 bit</strong></a>/,
+      Linux
+      <a href="/gmsh/bin/Linux/gmsh-2.7.0-Linux.tgz"><strong>32 bit</strong></a> /
+      <a href="/gmsh/bin/Linux/gmsh-2.7.0-Linux64.tgz"><strong>64 bit</strong></a>,
+      <a href="/gmsh/bin/MacOSX/gmsh-2.7.0-MacOSX.dmg"><strong>Mac OS X</strong></a>
+      and
+      <a href="/gmsh/src/gmsh-2.7.0-source.tgz"><strong>source code</strong></a>
     </p>
     <p>
       <em>A <a href="/gmsh/doc/texinfo/gmsh.html#Tutorial"><strong>tutorial</strong></a>
@@ -82,11 +86,13 @@ the <a href="/gmsh/doc/LICENSE.txt">GNU General Public License
   <li>Development version:
     <ul><li>automated nightly builds
         (<a href="http://onelab.info/CDash/index.php?project=Gmsh">dashboard</a>):
-        Windows <a href="/gmsh/bin/Windows/gmsh-svn-Windows.zip">32 bit</a> /
-                <a href="/gmsh/bin/Windows/gmsh-svn-Windows64.zip">64 bit</a>,
-        Linux <a href="/gmsh/bin/Linux/gmsh-svn-Linux.tgz">32 bit</a> /
-              <a href="/gmsh/bin/Linux/gmsh-svn-Linux64.tgz">64 bit</a>
-         and
+        Windows 
+        <a href="/gmsh/bin/Windows/gmsh-svn-Windows.zip">32 bit</a> /
+        <a href="/gmsh/bin/Windows/gmsh-svn-Windows64.zip">64 bit</a>,
+        Linux
+        <a href="/gmsh/bin/Linux/gmsh-svn-Linux.tgz">32 bit</a> /
+        <a href="/gmsh/bin/Linux/gmsh-svn-Linux64.tgz">64 bit</a>
+        and
         <a href="/gmsh/bin/MacOSX/gmsh-svn-MacOSX.dmg">Mac OS X</a>
       <li>nightly <a href="/gmsh/src/gmsh-svn-source.tgz">source
           snapshot</a>
diff --git a/doc/texinfo/gmsh.texi b/doc/texinfo/gmsh.texi
index 6d853e884f34cf5b80b79c3cc3fc698a5a1f767f..f0940e881c8e653d9d42c714fc4a8f99e2ccccf8 100644
--- a/doc/texinfo/gmsh.texi
+++ b/doc/texinfo/gmsh.texi
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 @c =========================================================================
 @c %**start of header
 @setfilename gmsh.info
-@set GMSH-VERSION 2.6
+@set GMSH-VERSION 2.7
 @set COPYRIGHT @copyright{} 1997-2013 Christophe Geuzaine, Jean-Fran@,{c}ois Remacle
 @settitle Gmsh @value{GMSH-VERSION}
 @footnotestyle separate
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ small but powerful GUI.
 @node and what Gmsh is not so good at, Bug reports, What Gmsh is pretty good at, Overview
 @section @dots{} and what Gmsh is not so good at
 
-As of version 2.6, here are some known weaknesses of Gmsh:
+As of version 2.7, here are some known weaknesses of Gmsh:
 
 @itemize @bullet
 @item
@@ -2350,7 +2350,7 @@ algorithm should be tried. For very large meshes of plane surfaces the
 ``Delaunay'' algorithm is the fastest.
 
 The ``Automatic'' algorithm tries to select the best algorithm
-automatically for each surface in the model. As of Gmsh 2.6, the
+automatically for each surface in the model. As of Gmsh 2.7, the
 ``Automatic'' algorithm selects ``Delaunay'' for plane surfaces and
 ``MeshAdapt'' for all other surfaces.
 
@@ -2488,8 +2488,7 @@ transfinite and extruded grids: see @ref{Structured grids}).
 @item
 Second, if @code{Mesh.CharacteristicLengthFromCurvature} is set (it is
 not by default), the mesh will be adapted with respect to the curvature
-of the geometrical entities. Warning: as of Gmsh 2.6 this feature is
-still (very) experimental. @c FIXME
+of the geometrical entities.
 @item
 Finally, you can specify general mesh size ``fields''. Various fields
 exist: