diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b45828f160261..b3568d8e4eb31 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ AC_PREREQ(2.59)
 # VERSION define is not used by the code.  It gets a version string
 # from 'git describe'; see src/ceph_ver.[ch]
 
-AC_INIT([ceph], [0.69], [ceph-devel@vger.kernel.org])
+AC_INIT([ceph], [0.70], [ceph-devel@vger.kernel.org])
 
 # Create release string.  Used with VERSION for RPMs.
 RPM_RELEASE=0
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index ce73472f9eb64..4628bb52175d6 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+ceph (0.70-1) stable; urgency=low
+
+  * New upstream release 
+
+ -- Gary Lowell <gary.lowell@inktank.com>  Fri, 04 Oct 2013 20:11:51 +0000
+
 ceph (0.69-1) precise; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream release