diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1afb6e2..3107c1f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,8 +11,18 @@ researchers who pin a tag and want to know what they are pinning to.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [2.7.0] — 2026-08-20
+
 ### Changed
 
+- **MINOR, not MAJOR, and that is a decision.** The org rule reads "removed →
+  major", and dropping a Python version removes support. This release reads
+  that rule as scoped to the API, not to packaging metadata. Three facts back
+  it. `commoner-probe` made the same 3.10 to 3.11 move at its own **0.15.0**, a
+  minor. Neither consumer runs 3.10: academiaindia builds on 3.11 and
+  theright2read on 3.12. And pip refuses the install rather than breaking at
+  runtime, so a 3.10 consumer keeps the tag it already pins.
+
 - **BREAKING: the minimum Python is now 3.11, and `commoner-probe` is pinned
   `==0.16.0`.** Install this on 3.10 and pip refuses it. The two changes are
   one change: probe raised its own floor to `>=3.11` at 0.15.0, so this repo
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index aa9e698..97b742a 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ preferred-citation:
     - name: "Commoner LLP"
   url: "https://github.com/CommonerLLP/commoner-analyse"
   year: 2026
-  version: "2.6.0"
+  version: "2.7.0"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3be1725..c0616fe 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -173,20 +173,20 @@ The package is not on PyPI yet (publication is planned for a future
 release). Install directly from the GitHub release tag:
 
 ```bash
-pip install "commoner-analyse @ git+https://github.com/CommonerLLP/commoner-analyse.git@v2.6.0"
+pip install "commoner-analyse @ git+https://github.com/CommonerLLP/commoner-analyse.git@v2.7.0"
 
 # Optional extras (pick what you need):
-pip install "commoner-analyse[http] @ git+https://github.com/CommonerLLP/commoner-analyse.git@v2.6.0"
-pip install "commoner-analyse[pdf] @ git+https://github.com/CommonerLLP/commoner-analyse.git@v2.6.0"
-pip install "commoner-analyse[embeddings] @ git+https://github.com/CommonerLLP/commoner-analyse.git@v2.6.0"
-pip install "commoner-analyse[llm] @ git+https://github.com/CommonerLLP/commoner-analyse.git@v2.6.0"
-pip install "commoner-analyse[all] @ git+https://github.com/CommonerLLP/commoner-analyse.git@v2.6.0"
+pip install "commoner-analyse[http] @ git+https://github.com/CommonerLLP/commoner-analyse.git@v2.7.0"
+pip install "commoner-analyse[pdf] @ git+https://github.com/CommonerLLP/commoner-analyse.git@v2.7.0"
+pip install "commoner-analyse[embeddings] @ git+https://github.com/CommonerLLP/commoner-analyse.git@v2.7.0"
+pip install "commoner-analyse[llm] @ git+https://github.com/CommonerLLP/commoner-analyse.git@v2.7.0"
+pip install "commoner-analyse[all] @ git+https://github.com/CommonerLLP/commoner-analyse.git@v2.7.0"
 ```
 
 For a project, pin the same line in your `requirements.txt`:
 
 ```text
-commoner-analyse[http,pdf] @ git+https://github.com/CommonerLLP/commoner-analyse.git@v2.6.0
+commoner-analyse[http,pdf] @ git+https://github.com/CommonerLLP/commoner-analyse.git@v2.7.0
 ```
 
 The one required third-party dependency is `commoner-probe` — the
diff --git a/commoner_analyse/__init__.py b/commoner_analyse/__init__.py
index 96374b3..cc745cd 100644
--- a/commoner_analyse/__init__.py
+++ b/commoner_analyse/__init__.py
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 from .graph import build_graph
 
 __all__ = ["__version__", "build_graph"]
-__version__ = "2.6.0"
+__version__ = "2.7.0"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0a218ae..3109582 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "commoner-analyse"
-version = "2.6.0"
+version = "2.7.0"
 description = "Domain analysis adapters over commoner-probe's acquired public records: classification, aggregation, dossiers, and cross-referencing."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"