diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 1fc8895180306ae05c877e0de0f3776ef902d4a1..d1d98c78e3c4d519a3db8ecfe3084889b1d8e3f1 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2015.70 - 27 November 2015
+
+- Fix server password authentication on Linux, broke in 2015.69
+
 2015.69 - 25 November 2015
 
 - Fix crash when forwarded TCP connections fail to connect (bug introduced in 2015.68)
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 49bfd94e49ab0a651d5e56b857595406b89fcd2d..7de661744d24c52051c32e200e6b298ee4f0a566 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+dropbear (2015.70-0.1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * New upstream release.
+
+ -- Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>  Thu, 26 Nov 2015 22:52:58 +0800
+
 dropbear (2015.69-0.1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream release.
diff --git a/sysoptions.h b/sysoptions.h
index d0ae61ff2a72a4b4bebe2208002d0f82b45db2f0..0ca491a436d84ea73b6b981a6101e28f566b604a 100644
--- a/sysoptions.h
+++ b/sysoptions.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *******************************************************************/
 
 #ifndef DROPBEAR_VERSION
-#define DROPBEAR_VERSION "2015.69"
+#define DROPBEAR_VERSION "2015.70"
 #endif
 
 #define LOCAL_IDENT "SSH-2.0-dropbear_" DROPBEAR_VERSION