diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 5d02000..e7ca613 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.6.1"
+  ".": "0.7.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 44373b4..e5e2fc1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,28 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.7.0](https://github.com/devr-tools/codeguard/compare/v0.6.1...v0.7.0) (2026-07-02)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **cli:** add What's New banner and task-grouped menu ([c1df999](https://github.com/devr-tools/codeguard/commit/c1df9990f0255dcadc09aa459da1a7278a06e4df))
+* **cli:** What's New banner and task-grouped menu ([#21](https://github.com/devr-tools/codeguard/issues/21)) ([45e56f7](https://github.com/devr-tools/codeguard/commit/45e56f7bcecf1a9edd7d3dd02ca515df58482f1a))
+* execute checks-improvement plan tiers 1-6 ([733862f](https://github.com/devr-tools/codeguard/commit/733862f22781b9b1ed32f16c2993f8c92d7e353c))
+* **parsers:** tree-sitter TypeScript engine behind parsers.treesitter flag ([5d09161](https://github.com/devr-tools/codeguard/commit/5d09161c908437341994ece22841726da8aacaf4))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **ci:** extract version from var Number in homebrew validation ([01d7a24](https://github.com/devr-tools/codeguard/commit/01d7a24593da880123f0a50a7c3868467a58b4e0))
+* **ci:** extract version from var Number in homebrew validation ([#23](https://github.com/devr-tools/codeguard/issues/23)) ([ec21f3b](https://github.com/devr-tools/codeguard/commit/ec21f3b60404e13647855b5837a53ae7778ec268))
+* **version:** make Number a var so ldflags injection works ([6b1ccad](https://github.com/devr-tools/codeguard/commit/6b1ccadbfb0e259d093a81900ccfd2603032e9e4))
+
+
+### Performance Improvements
+
+* **scan:** parse/read files once, parallelize sections, scope cache ([d181a4f](https://github.com/devr-tools/codeguard/commit/d181a4fc75ec5ffaac62ce867f244f607b514b43))
+* **scan:** parse/read files once, parallelize sections, scope cache ([#24](https://github.com/devr-tools/codeguard/issues/24)) ([c79d9ec](https://github.com/devr-tools/codeguard/commit/c79d9ec1bfcaf036466ba588b19c974c06238f95))
+
 ## [0.6.1](https://github.com/devr-tools/codeguard/compare/v0.6.0...v0.6.1) (2026-07-01)