diff --git a/CHANGES/v2.7.md b/CHANGES/v2.7.md
index 0fdf505796..0dd4e7fb9b 100644
--- a/CHANGES/v2.7.md
+++ b/CHANGES/v2.7.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 @page CHANGES-2-7 Version 2.7
   
-## Version 2.7b (coming soon)
+## Version 2.7b (Oct 26, 2020)
 
 @page CHANGES-UNRELEASED Unreleased changes 
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 70a48b86ab..ab25734bcc 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 # (this is same as gromacs)
 # Notice that "plumed info --version" will return only 2.X
 # and "plumed info --long-version" will return the full string
-2.7.0-dev
+2.7b