diff --git a/dependencymanager/release/build.gradle b/dependencymanager/release/build.gradle
index a59dc3c..1e74ee2 100644
--- a/dependencymanager/release/build.gradle
+++ b/dependencymanager/release/build.gradle
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 import aQute.bnd.build.Workspace
 
 // Our release number, which has to be monotonically incremented each time we make a new release.
-ext.dmRelease = "r6"
+ext.dmRelease = "r7"
 
 // Our Apache svn Staging repo
 ext.svnStagingPath = "https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/felix"