diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5423f1b6..8713a49f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# 2.70.0
+
+* Performance improvements to tippecanoe-overzoom with attribute exclusion
+
 # 2.69.0
 
 * Fix crash when the first bin gets clipped away
diff --git a/version.hpp b/version.hpp
index cfcc2f0a..f9ffe4ac 100644
--- a/version.hpp
+++ b/version.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef VERSION_HPP
 #define VERSION_HPP
 
-#define VERSION "v2.69.0"
+#define VERSION "v2.70.0"
 
 #endif