diff --git a/nats/aio/client.py b/nats/aio/client.py
index 78fdf667..fa5b19be 100644
--- a/nats/aio/client.py
+++ b/nats/aio/client.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 )
 from .transport import TcpTransport, Transport, WebSocketTransport
 
-__version__ = '2.6.0'
+__version__ = '2.7.0'
 __lang__ = 'python3'
 _logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 PROTOCOL = 1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 455dc51c..193f2f34 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # These are here for GitHub's dependency graph and help with setuptools support in some environments.
 setup(
     name="nats-py",
-    version='2.6.0',
+    version='2.7.0',
     license='Apache 2 License',
     extras_require={
         'nkeys': ['nkeys'],