diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 10ea9e1e..3c4ec62c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 For **1.x** release notes, please see [v1.x/CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/blob/v1.x/CHANGELOG.md)
 
 ---
+### Release 2.7.0 (2025-03-11)
+* [#1444](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/1444) Fully remove dependency on the AWS SDK for Java 1.x which will reach [end-of-support by December 31st, 2025](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/developer/announcing-end-of-support-for-aws-sdk-for-java-v1-x-on-december-31-2025/).
+  * The Glue Schema Registry integration functionality no longer depends on AWS SDK for Java 1.x. Previously, it required this as a transient dependency.
+  * Multilangdaemon has been upgraded to use AWS SDK for Java 2.x. It no longer depends on AWS SDK for Java 1.x.
+
 ### Release 2.6.1 (2024-12-13)
 * [#1365](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/1365) Add config to enable point in time recovery for the DynamoDB lease table created by KCL
 * [#1325](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/1325) Add logic to sync from lease table on first app bootstrap
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 30f83694..48085b78 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ The recommended way to use the KCL for Java is to consume it from Maven.
   <dependency>
       <groupId>software.amazon.kinesis</groupId>
       <artifactId>amazon-kinesis-client</artifactId>
-      <version>2.6.1</version>
+      <version>2.7.0</version>
   </dependency>
   ```
 
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml b/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml
index f944fd5d..7b116b9f 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>amazon-kinesis-client-pom</artifactId>
     <groupId>software.amazon.kinesis</groupId>
-    <version>2.6.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.7.0</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml b/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml
index 4106a09f..f934a4ae 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>software.amazon.kinesis</groupId>
     <artifactId>amazon-kinesis-client-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.7.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>amazon-kinesis-client</artifactId>
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/RetrievalConfig.java b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/RetrievalConfig.java
index 101048c0..876fdc8e 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/RetrievalConfig.java
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/RetrievalConfig.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public class RetrievalConfig {
      */
     public static final String KINESIS_CLIENT_LIB_USER_AGENT = "amazon-kinesis-client-library-java";
 
-    public static final String KINESIS_CLIENT_LIB_USER_AGENT_VERSION = "2.6.2-SNAPSHOT";
+    public static final String KINESIS_CLIENT_LIB_USER_AGENT_VERSION = "2.7.0";
 
     /**
      * Client used to make calls to Kinesis for records retrieval
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e25a68e1..586d8703 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <artifactId>amazon-kinesis-client-pom</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Amazon Kinesis Client Library</name>
-  <version>2.6.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.7.0</version>
   <description>The Amazon Kinesis Client Library for Java enables Java developers to easily consume and process data
     from Amazon Kinesis.
   </description>