diff --git a/apprise/__init__.py b/apprise/__init__.py
index f8bb5c75..8924df3d 100644
--- a/apprise/__init__.py
+++ b/apprise/__init__.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 # POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 __title__ = 'Apprise'
-__version__ = '1.6.0'
+__version__ = '1.7.0'
 __author__ = 'Chris Caron'
 __license__ = 'BSD'
 __copywrite__ = 'Copyright (C) 2023 Chris Caron <lead2gold@gmail.com>'
diff --git a/apprise/i18n/apprise.pot b/apprise/i18n/apprise.pot
index 434ce91d..0f8f9111 100644
--- a/apprise/i18n/apprise.pot
+++ b/apprise/i18n/apprise.pot
@@ -6,16 +6,16 @@
 #, fuzzy
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
-"Project-Id-Version: apprise 1.6.0\n"
+"Project-Id-Version: apprise 1.7.0\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: lead2gold@gmail.com\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-10-15 15:56-0400\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-12-27 20:32-0500\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
 "MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
 "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8\n"
 "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
-"Generated-By: Babel 2.11.0\n"
+"Generated-By: Babel 2.12.1\n"
 
 msgid "A local Gnome environment is required."
 msgstr ""
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Bot Token"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "Bot Webhook Key"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "Cache Age"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -281,6 +284,12 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "GET Params"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "Gateway"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "Gateway ID"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "Gnome Notification"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -323,6 +332,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Integration Key"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "Interpret Emojis"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "Is Ad?"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -344,6 +356,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Local File"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "Locale"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "Log PID"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -661,6 +676,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Target Team"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "Target Threema ID"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "Target Topic"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -757,6 +775,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Unicode Characters"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "Upload"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "Urgency"
 msgstr ""
 
diff --git a/packaging/redhat/python-apprise.spec b/packaging/redhat/python-apprise.spec
index 961ffa13..92d8caae 100644
--- a/packaging/redhat/python-apprise.spec
+++ b/packaging/redhat/python-apprise.spec
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Techulus Push, Telegram, Threema Gateway, Twilio, Twitter, Twist, XBMC,
 Voipms, Vonage, WeCom Bot, WhatsApp, Webex Teams}
 
 Name:           python-%{pypi_name}
-Version:        1.6.0
+Version:        1.7.0
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        A simple wrapper to many popular notification services used today
 License:        BSD
@@ -195,6 +195,9 @@ LANG=C.UTF-8 PYTHONPATH=%{buildroot}%{python3_sitelib} py.test-%{python3_version
 %{python3_sitelib}/%{pypi_name}/cli.*
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Oct 15 2023 Chris Caron <lead2gold@gmail.com> - 1.7.0
+- Updated to v1.7.0
+
 * Sun Oct 15 2023 Chris Caron <lead2gold@gmail.com> - 1.6.0
 - Updated to v1.6.0
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index c4861b4e..253d6c63 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ license_files = LICENSE
 
 [flake8]
 # We exclude packages we don't maintain
-exclude = .eggs,.tox,.local
+exclude = .eggs,.tox,.local,dist
 ignore = E741,E722,W503,W504,W605
 statistics = true
 builtins = _
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ test=pytest
 [tool:pytest]
 addopts = -ra
 python_files = test/test_*.py
-norecursedirs=test/helpers
+norecursedirs=test/helpers, dist
 filterwarnings =
 	once::Warning
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0c021933..08d6d4b6 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ else:
 
 setup(
     name='apprise',
-    version='1.6.0',
+    version='1.7.0',
     description='Push Notifications that work with just about every platform!',
     license='BSD',
     long_description=open('README.md', encoding="utf-8").read(),