diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 6275e556..389c5467 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.6.9"
+  ".": "0.7.0-rc1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 43249b25..14cafd5e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.7.0-rc1](https://github.com/Mause/duckdb_engine/compare/v0.6.9...v0.7.0-rc1) (2023-03-07)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* support sqlalchemy 2.0 ([fe6be80](https://github.com/Mause/duckdb_engine/commit/fe6be8034aa0d3cdfce03f67cf885eafe3dd9d64))
+
+
+### Miscellaneous Chores
+
+* release 0.7.0-rc1 ([691fdf9](https://github.com/Mause/duckdb_engine/commit/691fdf918ff3caee21395ab35a1a7840a8a7f833))
+
 ## [0.6.9](https://github.com/Mause/duckdb_engine/compare/v0.6.8...v0.6.9) (2023-03-01)
 
 
diff --git a/duckdb_engine/__init__.py b/duckdb_engine/__init__.py
index 8a9b1747..9d460997 100644
--- a/duckdb_engine/__init__.py
+++ b/duckdb_engine/__init__.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 from .config import apply_config, get_core_config
 from .datatypes import register_extension_types
 
-__version__ = "0.6.9"
+__version__ = "0.7.0-rc1"
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from sqlalchemy.base import Connection
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a90cbfc7..2cf6f320 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "duckdb_engine"
-version = "0.6.9"
+version = "0.7.0-rc1"
 description = "SQLAlchemy driver for duckdb"
 authors = ["Elliana <me@mause.me>"]
 license = "MIT"