diff --git a/include/beast/version.hpp b/include/beast/version.hpp
index 2d8c0c9d..ff7c95d8 100644
--- a/include/beast/version.hpp
+++ b/include/beast/version.hpp
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     This is a simple integer that is incremented by one every time
     a set of code changes is merged to the master or develop branch.
 */
-#define BEAST_VERSION 69
+#define BEAST_VERSION 70
 
 #define BEAST_VERSION_STRING "Beast/" BOOST_STRINGIZE(BEAST_VERSION)