diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 972681d..22f37f8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
 env:
   # Customize the CMake build type here (Release, Debug, RelWithDebInfo, etc.)
   BUILD_TYPE: Release
-  version: osslsigncode-2.7-dev
+  version: osslsigncode-2.7
 
 jobs:
   build:
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 57d57c2..392a2ee 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ project(osslsigncode
     LANGUAGES C)
 
 # force nonstandard version format for development packages
-set(DEV "-dev")
+set(DEV "")
 set(PROJECT_VERSION "${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}${DEV}")
 
 # version and contact information
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 71a1334..d1cc02a 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 # osslsigncode change log
 
-### 2.7 (unreleased)
+### 2.7 (2023.09.19)
 
+- fixed signing CAB files (by Michael Brown)
+- fixed handling of unsupported commands (by Maxim Bagryantsev)
+- fixed writing DIFAT sectors
 - added APPX support (by Maciej Panek and Małgorzata Olszówka)
 - added a built-in TSA response generation (-TSA-certs, -TSA-key
   and -TSA-time options)