diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 0d1bebe..64e0684 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.6.0"
+  ".": "1.7.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e82d85f..17af3fe 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.7.0](https://github.com/AhmedOsman101/commit-sage-cli/compare/v1.6.0...v1.7.0) (2026-02-27)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **ai:** use extractReasoningMiddleware for thinking tag removal ([fbd2bf0](https://github.com/AhmedOsman101/commit-sage-cli/commit/fbd2bf0fc9983c4c907ffd3413b69274548898ff))
+
 ## [1.6.0](https://github.com/AhmedOsman101/commit-sage-cli/compare/v1.5.0...v1.6.0) (2026-02-26)
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/deno.json b/deno.json
index a4c8cff..2260c97 100644
--- a/deno.json
+++ b/deno.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "version": "1.6.0",
+  "version": "1.7.0",
   "tasks": {
     "dev": "deno run -A --watch src/main.ts",
     "run": "deno run -A src/main.ts",
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index dc1e644..bd8bf88 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.6.0
+1.7.0