diff --git a/.github/.release-please-manifest.json b/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
index 180ef9e3..05b8668f 100644
--- a/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "7.0.0"
+  ".": "7.0.1"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e2f9b449..6efd4155 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [7.0.1](https://github.com/deepgram/deepgram-python-sdk/compare/v7.0.0...v7.0.1) (2026-05-01)
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* target Context7 benchmark gaps in Python skills [no-ci] ([#699](https://github.com/deepgram/deepgram-python-sdk/issues/699)) ([a232eb8](https://github.com/deepgram/deepgram-python-sdk/commit/a232eb8c62df2da98cef13c71e33f0b3b78f1095))
+
 ## [7.0.0](https://github.com/deepgram/deepgram-python-sdk/compare/v6.1.1...v7.0.0) (2026-04-27)
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6b35588d..5428c486 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ dynamic = ["version"]
 
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "deepgram-sdk"
-version = "7.0.0"
+version = "7.0.1"
 description = ""
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = []