diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 8ff2f5ec4..6ed9c8012 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.6.1"
+  ".": "2.7.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6bcea60a5..08d8daddf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.7.0](https://github.com/DataBiosphere/data-browser/compare/v2.6.1...v2.7.0) (2025-01-16)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* markdown in entity description [#4170](https://github.com/DataBiosphere/data-browser/issues/4170) ([#4342](https://github.com/DataBiosphere/data-browser/issues/4342)) ([5f3cfee](https://github.com/DataBiosphere/data-browser/commit/5f3cfee5074cecab5f4bba2a95d7623d64e73ef7))
+
 ## [2.6.1](https://github.com/DataBiosphere/data-browser/compare/v2.6.0...v2.6.1) (2025-01-15)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 435f48c45..1b0123d9c 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "explorer",
-  "version": "2.6.1",
+  "version": "2.7.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "explorer",
-      "version": "2.6.1",
+      "version": "2.7.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@databiosphere/findable-ui": "21.0.0",
         "@emotion/react": "^11.13.3",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d57a78e4f..ca9de7d8e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "explorer",
-  "version": "2.6.1",
+  "version": "2.7.0",
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
     "dev:ncpi-catalog": "./scripts/dev.sh ncpi-catalog dev && ./scripts/set-version.sh dev && next dev",