diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 035f862..3f534b1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)
-project(Snappy VERSION 1.1.6 LANGUAGES C CXX)
+project(Snappy VERSION 1.1.7 LANGUAGES C CXX)
 
 # BUILD_SHARED_LIBS is a standard CMake variable, but we declare it here to make
 # it prominent in the GUI.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 8aeafd7..db70b44 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+Snappy v1.1.7, August 24th 2017:
+
+  * Improved CMake build support for 64-bit Linux distributions.
+
+  * MSVC builds now use MSVC-specific intrinsics that map to clzll.
+
+  * ARM64 (AArch64) builds use the code paths optimized for 64-bit processors.
+
 Snappy v1.1.6, July 12th 2017:
 
 This is a re-release of v1.1.5 with proper SONAME / SOVERSION values.