diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 277af9e49ce753b28e95aab7fccb92b46ba90188..5ec26e9e8b2db73b15559f61c636fb684e094626 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.3 FATAL_ERROR)
 project(DD4hep)
 
 # project version
+#
+#  Use the same version numbers in DDSegmentaion/CmakeLists.txt
+#
 SET( DD4hep_VERSION_MAJOR 0 )
-SET( DD4hep_VERSION_MINOR 6 )
+SET( DD4hep_VERSION_MINOR 7 )
 SET( DD4hep_VERSION_PATCH 0 )
 
 SET( DD4hep_VERSION "${DD4hep_VERSION_MAJOR}.${DD4hep_VERSION_MINOR}" )
diff --git a/DDSegmentation/CMakeLists.txt b/DDSegmentation/CMakeLists.txt
index 0ed335ca1bb8d3e64e95d8d86ec470c5e1fe7d16..618d23a9796152bc977995867a666a785df6466c 100644
--- a/DDSegmentation/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/DDSegmentation/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.3 FATAL_ERROR)
 project(DDSegmentation)
  #fg: version number must be the same as DD4hep !!
 set(DDSegmentation_MAJOR_VERSION 0)
-set(DDSegmentation_MINOR_VERSION 6)
+set(DDSegmentation_MINOR_VERSION 7)
 set(DDSegmentation_PATCH_VERSION 0)
 set(DDSegmentation_VERSION "${DDSegmentation_MAJOR_VERSION}.${DDSegmentation_MINOR_VERSION}" )
 set(DDSegmentation_SOVERSION "${DDSegmentation_MAJOR_VERSION}.${DDSegmentation_MINOR_VERSION}")
diff --git a/doc/release.notes b/doc/release.notes
index 6d4133a0211d42a971ef68661cff665cfbe664d5..188ecb24de400df34555c6f19c56d80fbc3da958 100644
--- a/doc/release.notes
+++ b/doc/release.notes
@@ -1,6 +1,39 @@
 DD4hep  ----  Release Notes
 =================================
 
+ --------
+| v00-07 |  seventh beta release ...
+ --------   
+
+ - Some minor fixes:
+    - made compatible with older geant4 versions (9.5)
+    - add Bitflag to store CellID1 in SimCalorimeterHit collections
+    - fix position conversion from Geant4 to ROOT
+    - add cellID determination to SensitiveAction
+    - ...
+
+
+Andre Sailer, 2014-07-17
+------------------------
+  Unify cmake option variables, small cmake corrections
+  Change options _WITH_ to _USE_
+  Print Warning that variables with _WITH_ are deprecated
+  Change Defintions to _USE_ as well
+  Add REQUIRED to find_package geant4 and xercesc if they are turned on
+  Updated documentation
+  Updated ILDExDet example
+
+Christian.Grefe, 2014-07-15
+---------------------------
+  made DDSegmentation optionally a stand-alone package
+  create DDSgementationConfig.cmake when build as part of DD4hep
+
+
+ Markus Frank, 2014-07-02
+ ------------------------
+    - add LCIO conversions from DDSim - sensitive detectors 
+      can now simply instantiate LCIO Sim hits
+
 2014/06/30 Markus Frank
 -----------------------
     - DDG4: Support user (context-) extensions for Geant4.