diff --git a/.github/workflows/draft-release-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/draft-release-publish.yml
index 526af7d..393561a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/draft-release-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/draft-release-publish.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
           level: ${{ github.event.inputs.bump-type }}
 
       - name: Update podspec version
-        run: sed -i '' "s/s\.version[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*\"[0-9.]*\"/s.version = \"${{ steps.bump-version.outputs.new_version }}\"/" mParticle-Apple-Media-SDK.podspec
+        run: sed -i '' "s/s\.version[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*\"[0-9.]*\"/s.version          = \"${{ steps.bump-version.outputs.new_version }}\"/" mParticle-Apple-Media-SDK.podspec
 
       - name: Update VERSION file
         run: echo "${{ steps.bump-version.outputs.new_version }}" > VERSION
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v7
         with:
           commit-message: "Bump version to ${{ steps.bump-version.outputs.new_version }}"
-          branch: release/${{ steps.bump-version.outputs.new_version }}
-          title: "Release ${{ steps.bump-version.outputs.new_version }}"
+          branch: chore/release-${{ steps.bump-version.outputs.new_version }}
+          title: "chore: Release ${{ steps.bump-version.outputs.new_version }}"
           base: main
           body: |
             Preparing for release ${{ steps.bump-version.outputs.new_version }}
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index ce6a70b..bd8bf88 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.6.0
\ No newline at end of file
+1.7.0
diff --git a/mParticle-Apple-Media-SDK.podspec b/mParticle-Apple-Media-SDK.podspec
index 048ebf0..7cec8e7 100644
--- a/mParticle-Apple-Media-SDK.podspec
+++ b/mParticle-Apple-Media-SDK.podspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
     s.name             = "mParticle-Apple-Media-SDK"
-    s.version          = "1.6.0"
+    s.version          = "1.7.0"
     s.summary          = "mParticle Apple Media SDK"
 
     s.description      = <<-DESC