diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 45f8ed9..8f60afd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ This document describes changes between past releases. For information about
 future releases, check `milestones`_ and :doc:`/about/vision`.
 
 
-1.7 (unreleased)
+1.7 (2015-06-13)
 ----------------
 
 - Bugfix #87 - Filenames with commas are now supported. In download responses,
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index d1556c9..d3bdbdf 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.7.dev0
+1.7
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index a1f7caf..f466cdc 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ whitelist_externals =
     mkdir
 
 [testenv:release]
+basepython = python2.7
 deps =
     wheel
     zest.releaser