diff --git a/webapp/backend/pkg/version/version.go b/webapp/backend/pkg/version/version.go
index ac3b3c2..9dd2b6e 100644
--- a/webapp/backend/pkg/version/version.go
+++ b/webapp/backend/pkg/version/version.go
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ package version
 
 // VERSION is the app-global version string, which will be replaced with a
 // new value during packaging
-const VERSION = "0.6.0"
+const VERSION = "0.7.0"