diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0bd8cda70b..cf38320a15 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # nf-core/tools: Changelog
 
-## v1.7dev
+## v1.7
 
 ### PyPI package description
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e9490e3179..f67bfab2ad 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 import sys
 
-version = '1.7dev'
+version = '1.7'
 
 with open('README.md') as f:
     readme = f.read()
diff --git a/tests/lint_examples/minimal_working_example/Dockerfile b/tests/lint_examples/minimal_working_example/Dockerfile
index fc562dc1d7..bcb5d79cd2 100644
--- a/tests/lint_examples/minimal_working_example/Dockerfile
+++ b/tests/lint_examples/minimal_working_example/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM nfcore/base:dev
+FROM nfcore/base:1.7
 MAINTAINER Phil Ewels <phil.ewels@scilifelab.se>
 LABEL authors="phil.ewels@scilifelab.se" \
     description="Docker image containing all requirements for the nf-core tools pipeline"