diff --git a/python/monty/monty.SlackBuild b/python/monty/monty.SlackBuild
index 79a36a17a6..ae06b97200 100644
--- a/python/monty/monty.SlackBuild
+++ b/python/monty/monty.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for monty
 
-# Copyright 2014-2015 Dimitris Zlatanidis Orestiada, Greece
+# Copyright 2014-2015  Dimitris Zlatanidis  Orestiada, Greece
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=monty
-VERSION=${VERSION:-0.6.5}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-0.7.0}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/python/monty/monty.info b/python/monty/monty.info
index cbabc39f92..507196e7a2 100644
--- a/python/monty/monty.info
+++ b/python/monty/monty.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="monty"
-VERSION="0.6.5"
+VERSION="0.7.0"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/materialsvirtuallab/monty"
-DOWNLOAD="https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/m/monty/monty-0.6.5.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="c1d883ed1de16ceecd3c65cfc949197f"
+DOWNLOAD="https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/m/monty/monty-0.7.0.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="3045a44a173ac893d8619fde8b91c58b"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="pysetuptools PyYAML six"