diff --git a/.docs/index.md b/.docs/index.md
index d86224726f28fb78b3022601e02b00859a5ecc7d..aa9c6e7693f3758fadcddbe05cd5904c5e92b7da 100644
--- a/.docs/index.md
+++ b/.docs/index.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ author: Martin Weise
 ![Maintainability Rating](./images/maintainability.svg)
 ![Security Rating](./images/security.svg)
 
-Documentation for version: [v1.6.3](https://gitlab.phaidra.org/fair-data-austria-db-repository/fda-services/-/releases).
+Documentation for version: [v1.7.0](https://gitlab.phaidra.org/fair-data-austria-db-repository/fda-services/-/releases).
 
 DBRepo is a repository for data in databases that are used from the beginning until the end of a research 
 project supporting data evolution, -citation and -versioning. It implements the query store of the 
diff --git a/.docs/kubernetes.md b/.docs/kubernetes.md
index 170bc863f58206778bf4488c48f322e6ad801996..68f9bc16c1190a7f5d9827028d57757432aeb17d 100644
--- a/.docs/kubernetes.md
+++ b/.docs/kubernetes.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ helm upgrade --install dbrepo \
   -n dbrepo \
   "oci://registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/helm/dbrepo" \
   --values ./values.yaml \
-  --version "1.6.3" \
+  --version "1.7.0" \
   --create-namespace \
   --cleanup-on-fail
 ```
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index aa575210d899c687271d02401e95a0228eb4f89f..b20acd3f2a029594345b6992ef7deb625a608513 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ variables:
   NODE_VERSION: "18"
   SONARQUBE_VERSION: "10.0"
   BUN_VERSION: "1.1.40"
-  DOC_VERSION: "1.6"
-  APP_VERSION: "1.6.3"
-  CHART_VERSION: "1.6.3"
+  DOC_VERSION: "1.7"
+  APP_VERSION: "1.7.0"
+  CHART_VERSION: "1.7.0"
   CACHE_FALLBACK_KEY: "${CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH}"
   # This will supress any download for dependencies and plugins or upload messages which would clutter the console log.
   # `showDateTime` will show the passed time in milliseconds. You need to specify `--batch-mode` to make this work.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0dd2ae5e0a756aa713a101ddfff2ff8513222fa4..e8f2553784f38ea5e656d776e34043886ed1ed4c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .PHONY: all
 
-APP_VERSION ?= 1.6.3
-CHART_VERSION ?= 1.6.3
+APP_VERSION ?= 1.7.0
+CHART_VERSION ?= 1.7.0
 REPOSITORY_URL ?= registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo
 
 .PHONY: all
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 628da3f3f3335717b5b4e0962a6ff45d36fed420..901d24dd06dd2863da84c5622f9aa8b157462171 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ If you have [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/) already installed
 with:
 
 ```bash
-curl -sSL https://gitlab.phaidra.org/fair-data-austria-db-repository/fda-services/-/raw/release-1.6/install.sh | bash
+curl -sSL https://gitlab.phaidra.org/fair-data-austria-db-repository/fda-services/-/raw/release-1.7/install.sh | bash
 ```
 
 ## Documentation
diff --git a/dbrepo-analyse-service/Pipfile b/dbrepo-analyse-service/Pipfile
index 22a8e79b3a232b73784971df01dc283b8171388d..6b144eec80011a340dbbaabc0c3bce5894e3c654 100644
--- a/dbrepo-analyse-service/Pipfile
+++ b/dbrepo-analyse-service/Pipfile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ numpy = "*"
 pandas = "*"
 minio = "*"
 pydantic = "*"
-dbrepo = {path = "./lib/dbrepo-1.6.3.tar.gz"}
+dbrepo = {path = "./lib/dbrepo-1.7.0.tar.gz"}
 opensearch-py = "*"
 
 [dev-packages]
diff --git a/dbrepo-data-service/pom.xml b/dbrepo-data-service/pom.xml
index e2bfa739618b3a518aeabd623ea49718b9a06d5b..db7947432e3f6117bfe8d888a47e7b6d176b66ab 100644
--- a/dbrepo-data-service/pom.xml
+++ b/dbrepo-data-service/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <groupId>at.tuwien</groupId>
     <artifactId>dbrepo-data-service</artifactId>
     <name>dbrepo-data-service</name>
-    <version>1.6.3</version>
+    <version>1.7.0</version>
 
     <description>Service that manages the data</description>
 
diff --git a/dbrepo-data-service/querystore/pom.xml b/dbrepo-data-service/querystore/pom.xml
index 2905b5a935407cab65086def3f9c21d980ee329a..1aa138f611c7fa5ec2fc4f6dc98beb8a177f24b5 100644
--- a/dbrepo-data-service/querystore/pom.xml
+++ b/dbrepo-data-service/querystore/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>at.tuwien</groupId>
         <artifactId>dbrepo-data-service</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.3</version>
+        <version>1.7.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>dbrepo-data-service-querystore</artifactId>
     <name>dbrepo-data-service-querystore</name>
-    <version>1.6.3</version>
+    <version>1.7.0</version>
 
     <dependencies/>
 
diff --git a/dbrepo-data-service/report/pom.xml b/dbrepo-data-service/report/pom.xml
index 4b230d55ebfbf084cfd00eea7cd7c568ac620d71..98536501d3beb70b5c05f632e673a401b03ae2cd 100644
--- a/dbrepo-data-service/report/pom.xml
+++ b/dbrepo-data-service/report/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>at.tuwien</groupId>
         <artifactId>dbrepo-data-service</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.3</version>
+        <version>1.7.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>report</artifactId>
     <name>dbrepo-data-service-report</name>
-    <version>1.6.3</version>
+    <version>1.7.0</version>
     <description>
         This module is only intended for the pipeline coverage report. See the detailed report in the
         respective modules
diff --git a/dbrepo-data-service/rest-service/pom.xml b/dbrepo-data-service/rest-service/pom.xml
index 721cf1a254c8fff0927bffbd7d6ff27b3dcead8d..434c423ef056566305e2d72db984781e7b1429fc 100644
--- a/dbrepo-data-service/rest-service/pom.xml
+++ b/dbrepo-data-service/rest-service/pom.xml
@@ -6,18 +6,18 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>at.tuwien</groupId>
         <artifactId>dbrepo-data-service</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.3</version>
+        <version>1.7.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>rest-service</artifactId>
     <name>dbrepo-data-service-rest-service</name>
-    <version>1.6.3</version>
+    <version>1.7.0</version>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>at.tuwien</groupId>
             <artifactId>services</artifactId>
-            <version>1.6.3</version>
+            <version>1.7.0</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/dbrepo-data-service/services/pom.xml b/dbrepo-data-service/services/pom.xml
index 04ddee3c59536698ac1fb63cd094f93410941328..5252e6a3d30439671d085b9ac2d6bca81bf462c0 100644
--- a/dbrepo-data-service/services/pom.xml
+++ b/dbrepo-data-service/services/pom.xml
@@ -6,18 +6,18 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>at.tuwien</groupId>
         <artifactId>dbrepo-data-service</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.3</version>
+        <version>1.7.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>services</artifactId>
     <name>dbrepo-data-service-services</name>
-    <version>1.6.3</version>
+    <version>1.7.0</version>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>at.tuwien</groupId>
             <artifactId>dbrepo-data-service-querystore</artifactId>
-            <version>1.6.3</version>
+            <version>1.7.0</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/dbrepo-metadata-service/api/pom.xml b/dbrepo-metadata-service/api/pom.xml
index 0d534105f8a12d52201e2437d31360903292f657..6c3b1aa13fbe0ccac21e0e0ce1ede0a78e6f340d 100644
--- a/dbrepo-metadata-service/api/pom.xml
+++ b/dbrepo-metadata-service/api/pom.xml
@@ -6,18 +6,18 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>at.tuwien</groupId>
         <artifactId>dbrepo-metadata-service</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.3</version>
+        <version>1.7.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>dbrepo-metadata-service-api</artifactId>
     <name>dbrepo-metadata-service-api</name>
-    <version>1.6.3</version>
+    <version>1.7.0</version>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>at.tuwien</groupId>
             <artifactId>dbrepo-metadata-service-entities</artifactId>
-            <version>1.6.3</version>
+            <version>1.7.0</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/dbrepo-metadata-service/entities/pom.xml b/dbrepo-metadata-service/entities/pom.xml
index 1967b24868d61e29351b34c8608c6f428bc316f9..313309e18831501558a149cab52920bb90e89e91 100644
--- a/dbrepo-metadata-service/entities/pom.xml
+++ b/dbrepo-metadata-service/entities/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>at.tuwien</groupId>
         <artifactId>dbrepo-metadata-service</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.3</version>
+        <version>1.7.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>dbrepo-metadata-service-entities</artifactId>
     <name>dbrepo-metadata-service-entity</name>
-    <version>1.6.3</version>
+    <version>1.7.0</version>
 
     <dependencies/>
 
diff --git a/dbrepo-metadata-service/oai/pom.xml b/dbrepo-metadata-service/oai/pom.xml
index b6db9e69674d52ae557644b94b7eb5302563c86f..54c464b11a31cea0e588f797fa38012c573a1d02 100644
--- a/dbrepo-metadata-service/oai/pom.xml
+++ b/dbrepo-metadata-service/oai/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>at.tuwien</groupId>
         <artifactId>dbrepo-metadata-service</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.3</version>
+        <version>1.7.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>dbrepo-metadata-service-oai</artifactId>
     <name>dbrepo-metadata-service-oai</name>
-    <version>1.6.3</version>
+    <version>1.7.0</version>
 
     <dependencies/>
 
diff --git a/dbrepo-metadata-service/pom.xml b/dbrepo-metadata-service/pom.xml
index 5dd6ce3318f7cb88a16c9c6ecc60c8d4c5ff5aa2..d64da973f01777505b79c85232aac253494a52b6 100644
--- a/dbrepo-metadata-service/pom.xml
+++ b/dbrepo-metadata-service/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <groupId>at.tuwien</groupId>
     <artifactId>dbrepo-metadata-service</artifactId>
     <name>dbrepo-metadata-service</name>
-    <version>1.6.3</version>
+    <version>1.7.0</version>
 
     <description>Service that manages the metadata</description>
 
diff --git a/dbrepo-metadata-service/report/pom.xml b/dbrepo-metadata-service/report/pom.xml
index 8d4d32c15d3e50cb65ba2300c58d25dcbb87eebd..6bcb8d579b67439ad4bcd590cf5af3819f70218e 100644
--- a/dbrepo-metadata-service/report/pom.xml
+++ b/dbrepo-metadata-service/report/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>dbrepo-metadata-service</artifactId>
         <groupId>at.tuwien</groupId>
-        <version>1.6.3</version>
+        <version>1.7.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>dbrepo-metadata-service-report</artifactId>
     <name>dbrepo-metadata-service-report</name>
-    <version>1.6.3</version>
+    <version>1.7.0</version>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/dbrepo-metadata-service/repositories/pom.xml b/dbrepo-metadata-service/repositories/pom.xml
index 57f89e7ed46587a564e57536d05b79fc1e5cb121..4d3b5f933d2c39674b2f9e58461387c0a2cffdb8 100644
--- a/dbrepo-metadata-service/repositories/pom.xml
+++ b/dbrepo-metadata-service/repositories/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>dbrepo-metadata-service</artifactId>
         <groupId>at.tuwien</groupId>
-        <version>1.6.3</version>
+        <version>1.7.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>dbrepo-metadata-service-repositories</artifactId>
     <name>dbrepo-metadata-service-repositories</name>
-    <version>1.6.3</version>
+    <version>1.7.0</version>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/dbrepo-metadata-service/rest-service/pom.xml b/dbrepo-metadata-service/rest-service/pom.xml
index ff5966688771f30a93b2ce4d95bc99ab6aa0a83f..9e9f23d11fdbab4fc2308bead597a7626272ceb1 100644
--- a/dbrepo-metadata-service/rest-service/pom.xml
+++ b/dbrepo-metadata-service/rest-service/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>dbrepo-metadata-service</artifactId>
         <groupId>at.tuwien</groupId>
-        <version>1.6.3</version>
+        <version>1.7.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>dbrepo-metadata-service-rest-service</artifactId>
     <name>dbrepo-metadata-service-rest</name>
-    <version>1.6.3</version>
+    <version>1.7.0</version>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/dbrepo-metadata-service/services/pom.xml b/dbrepo-metadata-service/services/pom.xml
index d1b8f9a7026e77f2235c580f0149f4dac17df779..906fa5258b02807565c4acc0e361d5c65bd65b77 100644
--- a/dbrepo-metadata-service/services/pom.xml
+++ b/dbrepo-metadata-service/services/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>dbrepo-metadata-service</artifactId>
         <groupId>at.tuwien</groupId>
-        <version>1.6.3</version>
+        <version>1.7.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>dbrepo-metadata-service-services</artifactId>
     <name>dbrepo-metadata-service-services</name>
-    <version>1.6.3</version>
+    <version>1.7.0</version>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/dbrepo-metadata-service/test/pom.xml b/dbrepo-metadata-service/test/pom.xml
index d51ed22d4d84941f982296b18b4fcb9005db7dce..792523227eaa968b3dd8c340779bece2323cb461 100644
--- a/dbrepo-metadata-service/test/pom.xml
+++ b/dbrepo-metadata-service/test/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>at.tuwien</groupId>
         <artifactId>dbrepo-metadata-service</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.3</version>
+        <version>1.7.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>dbrepo-metadata-service-test</artifactId>
     <name>dbrepo-metadata-service-test</name>
-    <version>1.6.3</version>
+    <version>1.7.0</version>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/dbrepo-search-service/Pipfile b/dbrepo-search-service/Pipfile
index 3ae299480180796fb640802d582aaf2745f876ca..6284708cc1d7f99f10843ad47c05b35a25916bf4 100644
--- a/dbrepo-search-service/Pipfile
+++ b/dbrepo-search-service/Pipfile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jwt = "~=1.3"
 testcontainers-opensearch = "*"
 pytest = "*"
 rdflib = "*"
-dbrepo = {path = "./lib/dbrepo-1.6.3.tar.gz"}
+dbrepo = {path = "./lib/dbrepo-1.7.0.tar.gz"}
 gunicorn = "*"
 
 [dev-packages]
diff --git a/dbrepo-upload-service/pom.xml b/dbrepo-upload-service/pom.xml
index 20f379e32e7e58ab53dedc75c230071a2759c3cd..9a5531c0be3e149d22d69f8271fa323a0c7826c5 100644
--- a/dbrepo-upload-service/pom.xml
+++ b/dbrepo-upload-service/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <groupId>at.tuwien</groupId>
     <artifactId>dbrepo-upload-service</artifactId>
     <name>dbrepo-upload-service</name>
-    <version>1.6.3</version>
+    <version>1.7.0</version>
 
     <url>https://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/infrastructures/dbrepo/1.6/</url>
     <developers>
diff --git a/helm/dbrepo/Chart.yaml b/helm/dbrepo/Chart.yaml
index 99f8a84d23b7808e81dd94a337655594abf1721f..b6fa24359ad19fba6595c53a2f64b7f0472d7ff3 100644
--- a/helm/dbrepo/Chart.yaml
+++ b/helm/dbrepo/Chart.yaml
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ description: Helm Chart for installing DBRepo
 sources:
   - https://gitlab.phaidra.org/fair-data-austria-db-repository/fda-services
 type: application
-version: "1.6.3"
-appVersion: "1.6.3"
+version: "1.7.0"
+appVersion: "1.7.0"
 keywords:
   - dbrepo
 maintainers:
   - name: Martin Weise
     email: martin.weise@tuwien.ac.at
-home: https://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/infrastructures/dbrepo/1.6/
+home: https://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/infrastructures/dbrepo/1.7/
 icon: https://gitlab.phaidra.org/fair-data-austria-db-repository/fda-services/-/raw/master/dbrepo-ui/public/favicon.png
 dependencies:
   - name: opensearch
diff --git a/helm/dbrepo/README.md b/helm/dbrepo/README.md
index a45297396372cc5580e4f065e4f7172929ba7c5a..086b635a63f8e25fc78a25b54315f838ae4097f9 100644
--- a/helm/dbrepo/README.md
+++ b/helm/dbrepo/README.md
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 # DBRepo Helm chart
 
-[DBRepo](https://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/infrastructures/dbrepo/1.6/) is a database repository system that
+[DBRepo](https://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/infrastructures/dbrepo/1.7/) is a database repository system that
 allows researchers to ingest data into a central, versioned repository through common interfaces.
 
 ## TL;DR
 
 Download the
 sample [
-`values.yaml`](https://gitlab.phaidra.org/fair-data-austria-db-repository/fda-services/-/raw/release-1.6/helm-charts/dbrepo/values.yaml?inline=true)
+`values.yaml`](https://gitlab.phaidra.org/fair-data-austria-db-repository/fda-services/-/raw/release-1.7/helm-charts/dbrepo/values.yaml?inline=true)
 for your deployment and update the variables, especially `hostname`.
 
 ```bash
-helm install my-release "oci://registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/helm/dbrepo" --values ./values.yaml --version "1.6.3"
+helm install my-release "oci://registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/helm/dbrepo" --values ./values.yaml --version "1.7.0"
 ```
 
 ## Prerequisites
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ helm install my-release "oci://registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/helm/dbrepo"
 To install the chart with the release name `my-release`:
 
 ```bash
-helm install my-release "oci://oci://registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/helm" --values ./values.yaml --version "1.6.3"
+helm install my-release "oci://oci://registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/helm" --values ./values.yaml --version "1.7.0"
 ```
 
 The command deploys DBRepo on the Kubernetes cluster in the default configuration. The Parameters section lists the
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ The command removes all the Kubernetes components associated with the chart and
 | ---------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | `metadatadb.enabled`                     | Enable the Metadata datadb.                                                                                                            | `true`                                                                 |
 | `metadatadb.host`                        | The hostname for the microservices.                                                                                                    | `metadata-db`                                                          |
-| `metadatadb.extraFlags`                  | Extra flags to ensure the query store works as intended, ref https://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/infrastructures/dbrepo/1.6/api/data-db/#data | `--character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_general_ci` |
+| `metadatadb.extraFlags`                  | Extra flags to ensure the query store works as intended, ref https://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/infrastructures/dbrepo/1.7/api/data-db/#data | `--character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_general_ci` |
 | `metadatadb.rootUser.user`               | The root username.                                                                                                                     | `root`                                                                 |
 | `metadatadb.rootUser.password`           | The root user password.                                                                                                                | `dbrepo`                                                               |
 | `metadatadb.db.name`                     | The database name.                                                                                                                     | `dbrepo`                                                               |
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ The command removes all the Kubernetes components associated with the chart and
 | Name                                 | Description                                                                                                                            | Value                                                                  |
 | ------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | `datadb.host`                        | The hostname for the microservices.                                                                                                    | `data-db`                                                              |
-| `datadb.extraFlags`                  | Extra flags to ensure the query store works as intended, ref https://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/infrastructures/dbrepo/1.6/api/data-db/#data | `--character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_general_ci` |
+| `datadb.extraFlags`                  | Extra flags to ensure the query store works as intended, ref https://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/infrastructures/dbrepo/1.7/api/data-db/#data | `--character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_general_ci` |
 | `datadb.rootUser.user`               | The root username.                                                                                                                     | `root`                                                                 |
 | `datadb.rootUser.password`           | The root user password.                                                                                                                | `dbrepo`                                                               |
 | `datadb.db.name`                     | The database name.                                                                                                                     | `dbrepo`                                                               |
diff --git a/helm/dbrepo/values.yaml b/helm/dbrepo/values.yaml
index 7515778b33d38b5e427a85742d5aa0d71b9e6a3a..18a0ec69c78cc56f559c56d8c95a63e1c42ab619 100644
--- a/helm/dbrepo/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/dbrepo/values.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ metadatadb:
   fullnameOverride: metadata-db
   ## @param metadatadb.host The hostname for the microservices.
   host: metadata-db
-  ## @param metadatadb.extraFlags Extra flags to ensure the query store works as intended, ref https://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/infrastructures/dbrepo/1.6/api/data-db/#data
+  ## @param metadatadb.extraFlags Extra flags to ensure the query store works as intended, ref https://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/infrastructures/dbrepo/1.7/api/data-db/#data
   extraFlags: "--character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_general_ci"
   rootUser:
     ## @param metadatadb.rootUser.user The root username.
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ authservice:
   setupJob:
     image:
       ## @skip authservice.setupJob.image.name
-      name: registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/auth-service-init:1.6.3
+      name: registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/auth-service-init:1.7.0
     ## @param authservice.setupJob.resourcesPreset The container resource preset
     resourcesPreset: "nano"
     ## @param authservice.setupJob.resources Set container requests and limits for different resources like CPU or memory (essential for production workloads)
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ datadb:
   fullnameOverride: data-db
   ## @param datadb.host The hostname for the microservices.
   host: data-db
-  ## @param datadb.extraFlags Extra flags to ensure the query store works as intended, ref https://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/infrastructures/dbrepo/1.6/api/data-db/#data
+  ## @param datadb.extraFlags Extra flags to ensure the query store works as intended, ref https://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/infrastructures/dbrepo/1.7/api/data-db/#data
   extraFlags: "--character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_general_ci"
   rootUser:
     ## @param datadb.rootUser.user The root username.
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ analyseservice:
   enabled: true
   image:
     ## @skip analyseservice.image.name
-    name: registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/analyse-service:1.6.3
+    name: registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/analyse-service:1.7.0
   ## ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/security-context/#set-the-security-context-for-a-pod
   podSecurityContext:
     ## @param analyseservice.podSecurityContext.enabled Enable pods' Security Context
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ metadataservice:
   enabled: true
   image:
     ## @skip metadataservice.image.name
-    name: registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/metadata-service:1.6.3
+    name: registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/metadata-service:1.7.0
   ## ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/security-context/#set-the-security-context-for-a-pod
   podSecurityContext:
     ## @param metadataservice.podSecurityContext.enabled Enable pods' Security Context
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ dataservice:
   endpoint: http://data-service
   image:
     ## @skip dataservice.image.name
-    name: registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/data-service:1.6.3
+    name: registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/data-service:1.7.0
   ## ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/security-context/#set-the-security-context-for-a-pod
   podSecurityContext:
     ## @param dataservice.podSecurityContext.enabled Enable pods' Security Context
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ searchservice:
   endpoint: http://search-service
   image:
     ## @skip searchservice.image.name
-    name: registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/search-service:1.6.3
+    name: registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/search-service:1.7.0
   ## ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/security-context/#set-the-security-context-for-a-pod
   podSecurityContext:
     ## @param searchservice.podSecurityContext.enabled Enable pods' Security Context
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ searchservice:
   init:
     image:
       ## @skip searchservice.init.image.name
-      name: registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/search-service-init:1.6.3
+      name: registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/search-service-init:1.7.0
     ## @param searchservice.init.resourcesPreset The container resource preset
     resourcesPreset: "nano"
     ## @param searchservice.init.resources Set container requests and limits for different resources like CPU or memory (essential for production workloads)
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ storageservice:
   init:
     image:
       ## @skip storageservice.init.image.name
-      name: registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/storage-service-init:1.6.3
+      name: registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/storage-service-init:1.7.0
     s3:
       ## @param storageservice.init.s3.endpoint The S3-capable endpoint the microservice connects to.
       endpoint: http://storage-service-s3:8333
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ ui:
   enabled: true
   image:
     ## @skip ui.image.name
-    name: registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/ui:1.6.3
+    name: registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/ui:1.7.0
   ## ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/security-context/#set-the-security-context-for-a-pod
   podSecurityContext:
     ## @param ui.podSecurityContext.enabled Enable pods' Security Context
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index fa48d9bc35c83375ca02c9810b7e6a0ee780af21..6de016007f4e4eab84cd331a0a1a7aafca046b38 100644
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # preset
-VERSION="1.6.3"
+VERSION="1.7.0"
 MIN_CPU=8
 MIN_RAM=4
 MIN_MAP_COUNT=262144
diff --git a/lib/python/README.md b/lib/python/README.md
index 443787cbb4cdcb13d0e3ec522d0d9762262000e8..d4599caee863105b3cebd337d290e0fcb1a5a6c0 100644
--- a/lib/python/README.md
+++ b/lib/python/README.md
@@ -48,17 +48,17 @@ client.import_table_data(database_id=7, table_id=13, file_name_or_data_frame=df)
 ## Supported Features & Best-Practices
 
 - Manage user
-  account ([docs](https://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/infrastructures/dbrepo/1.6/api/#create-user-account))
+  account ([docs](https://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/infrastructures/dbrepo/1.7/api/#create-user-account))
 - Manage
-  databases ([docs](https://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/infrastructures/dbrepo/1.6/usage-overview/#create-database))
+  databases ([docs](https://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/infrastructures/dbrepo/1.7/usage-overview/#create-database))
 - Manage database access &
-  visibility ([docs](https://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/infrastructures/dbrepo/1.6/api/#create-database))
+  visibility ([docs](https://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/infrastructures/dbrepo/1.7/api/#create-database))
 - Import
-  dataset ([docs](https://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/infrastructures/dbrepo/1.6/api/#import-dataset))
+  dataset ([docs](https://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/infrastructures/dbrepo/1.7/api/#import-dataset))
 - Create persistent
-  identifiers ([docs](https://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/infrastructures/dbrepo/1.6/api/#assign-database-pid))
+  identifiers ([docs](https://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/infrastructures/dbrepo/1.7/api/#assign-database-pid))
 - Execute
-  queries ([docs](https://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/infrastructures/dbrepo/1.6/api/#export-subset))
+  queries ([docs](https://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/infrastructures/dbrepo/1.7/api/#export-subset))
 - Get data from tables/views/subsets
 
 ## Configure
diff --git a/lib/python/docs/index.rst b/lib/python/docs/index.rst
index b3c05fe3645e558aaa92a470c19be4d27db46add..137dde40c6abbc4ec83fbb3b999c660b94d85efd 100644
--- a/lib/python/docs/index.rst
+++ b/lib/python/docs/index.rst
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ Pandas `DataFrame <https://pandas.pydata.org/docs/reference/api/pandas.DataFrame
 provides an object-oriented API as well as low-level access to DBRepo services.
 
 .. note::
-   The SDK has been implemented and documented for DBRepo version 1.6.3, earlier versions may be supported but are not tested for compatibility.
+   The SDK has been implemented and documented for DBRepo version 1.7.0, earlier versions may be supported but are not tested for compatibility.
 
 Quickstart
 ----------
 
 Find numerous quickstart examples on
-the `DBRepo website <https://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/infrastructures/dbrepo/1.6/api/>`_.
+the `DBRepo website <https://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/infrastructures/dbrepo/1.7/api/>`_.
 
 AMQP API Client
 -----------
diff --git a/lib/python/pyproject.toml b/lib/python/pyproject.toml
index 99f62c9a44dcdb10f63d03c97048a0676a1b1d02..65d9c7e3d9c2611bb1bfed55d59f1da01e41e874 100644
--- a/lib/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/lib/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "dbrepo"
-version = "1.6.3"
+version = "1.7.0"
 description = "DBRepo Python Library"
 keywords = [
     "DBRepo",
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ requires = [
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project.urls]
-Homepage = "https://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/infrastructures/dbrepo/1.6/"
-Documentation = "https://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/infrastructures/dbrepo/1.6/python/"
+Homepage = "https://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/infrastructures/dbrepo/1.7/"
+Documentation = "https://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/infrastructures/dbrepo/1.7/python/"
 Issues = "https://gitlab.phaidra.org/fair-data-austria-db-repository/fda-services/-/issues"
 Source = "https://gitlab.phaidra.org/fair-data-austria-db-repository/fda-services/"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/python/setup.py b/lib/python/setup.py
index dfe9a897cab556846dbf7dfb6ffb5303d0e77b03..4fff48185b04734932caad08d4aa06583730a52f 100644
--- a/lib/python/setup.py
+++ b/lib/python/setup.py
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 from distutils.core import setup
 
 setup(name="dbrepo",
-      version="1.6.3",
+      version="1.7.0",
       description="A library for communicating with DBRepo",
-      url="https://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/infrastructures/dbrepo/1.6/",
+      url="https://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/infrastructures/dbrepo/1.7/",
       author="Martin Weise",
       license="Apache-2.0",
       author_email="martin.weise@tuwien.ac.at",
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index 5ec3a92799fba08d9299e466e780422f20bf1a65..536eed294ed4f5683d601f2e0a460a8ade5267d1 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 site_name: Database Repository
-site_url: https://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/infrastructures/dbrepo/1.6/
+site_url: https://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/infrastructures/dbrepo/1.7/
 repo_url: https://gitlab.phaidra.org/fair-data-austria-db-repository/fda-services
 repo_name: fda-services
 site_author: Research Unit Data Science, Technische Universit&auml;t Wien
@@ -120,9 +120,9 @@ markdown_extensions:
         custom_icons:
           - .docs/overrides/.icons
 extra:
-  homepage: https://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/infrastructures/dbrepo/1.6/
+  homepage: https://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/infrastructures/dbrepo/1.7/
   version:
-    default: 1.6
+    default: 1.7
     provider: mike
   social:
     - icon: simple/artifacthub
diff --git a/sonar-project.properties b/sonar-project.properties
index 4442bf46ff84667faa8f20672f21d14be29fef3e..0d25b112d7133494be618d3f61e3e17a2c415e94 100644
--- a/sonar-project.properties
+++ b/sonar-project.properties
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 sonar.projectKey=fair-data-austria-db-repository_fda-services_a57fa043-ab99-4cdd-a721-162d9a916d77
 sonar.host.url=https://s39.datalab.tuwien.ac.at
 # project
-sonar.projectVersion=1.6.3
+sonar.projectVersion=1.7.0
 # general
 sonar.qualitygate.wait=true
 sonar.projectCreation.mainBranchName=master
diff --git a/versions.json b/versions.json
index b42a3dfd7d8ac8f78858923d4ac6d89906452771..95ca2a62a6fec4b73534bc3d6981b1bcdfd8fff2 100644
--- a/versions.json
+++ b/versions.json
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 [
+  {
+    "version": "1.7",
+    "title": "1.7",
+    "aliases": []
+  },
   {
     "version": "1.6",
     "title": "1.6",