diff --git a/datastore/.release-please-manifest.json b/datastore/.release-please-manifest.json
index fed5ecccda32..92cdbd117e38 100644
--- a/datastore/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/datastore/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    "datastore": "1.6.0"
+    "datastore": "1.7.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/datastore/CHANGES.md b/datastore/CHANGES.md
index 7af40aba2c59..45e50007a617 100644
--- a/datastore/CHANGES.md
+++ b/datastore/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Changes
 
+## [1.7.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/datastore/v1.6.0...datastore/v1.7.0) (2022-05-05)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **datastore/admin:** define Datastore -> Firestore in Datastore mode migration long running operation metadata ([d9a0634](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/d9a0634042265f8c247e7dcbd8b85323a83c7235))
+* **datastore:** add better version metadata to calls ([d1ad921](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/d1ad921d0322e7ce728ca9d255a3cf0437d26add))
+* **datastore:** set versionClient to module version ([55f0d92](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/55f0d92bf112f14b024b4ab0076c9875a17423c9))
+
 ## [1.6.0](https://www.github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/datastore/v1.5.0...datastore/v1.6.0) (2021-09-17)
 
 
diff --git a/datastore/internal/version.go b/datastore/internal/version.go
index 05d3396f1001..7c251d994559 100644
--- a/datastore/internal/version.go
+++ b/datastore/internal/version.go
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@
 package internal
 
 // Version is the current tagged release of the library.
-const Version = "1.6.0"
+const Version = "1.7.0"