From 3e75b262f11603383609e2a5757d5170adb07e88 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sneha Agnihotri <180277+snehaagni@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 08:20:04 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Bump version and update CHANGELOG for core v2.7.0 (#11072)

---
 VERSION           | 2 +-
 docs/CHANGELOG.md | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index e70b4523ae7..24ba9a38de6 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.6.0
+2.7.0
diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index 469cd0d1686..44d018769ec 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [dev]
 
+...
+
+## 2.7.0 - UNRELEASED
+
 ### Added
 
 - Added new configuration field named `LeaseDuration` for `EVM.NodePool` that will periodically check if internal subscriptions are connected to the "best" (as defined by the `SelectionMode`) node and switch to it if necessary. Setting this value to `0s` will disable this feature.