diff --git a/publish-npm/CHANGELOG.md b/publish-npm/CHANGELOG.md
index 2dcc7b5..13394af 100644
--- a/publish-npm/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/publish-npm/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.7.0](https://github.com/iExecBlockchainComputing/github-actions-workflows/compare/publish-npm-v1.6.0...publish-npm-v1.7.0) (2026-09-01)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **publish-npm:** add Socket Firewall to block malicious package installs ([#133](https://github.com/iExecBlockchainComputing/github-actions-workflows/issues/133)) ([a507fb1](https://github.com/iExecBlockchainComputing/github-actions-workflows/commit/a507fb114c81d7e0d5c484ef4c1a3a0fbc8991c4))
+
 ## [1.6.0](https://github.com/iExecBlockchainComputing/github-actions-workflows/compare/publish-npm-v1.5.0...publish-npm-v1.6.0) (2025-10-16)
 
 
diff --git a/publish-npm/version.txt b/publish-npm/version.txt
index dc1e644..bd8bf88 100644
--- a/publish-npm/version.txt
+++ b/publish-npm/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.6.0
+1.7.0