diff --git a/.ci/bwcVersions b/.ci/bwcVersions
index 32abc749578..78f6c9a0f97 100644
--- a/.ci/bwcVersions
+++ b/.ci/bwcVersions
@@ -63,3 +63,4 @@ BWC_VERSION:
   - "7.7.1"
   - "7.8.0"
   - "7.8.1"
+  - "7.9.0"
diff --git a/buildSrc/version.properties b/buildSrc/version.properties
index a9854224393..99d2ccbe508 100644
--- a/buildSrc/version.properties
+++ b/buildSrc/version.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-elasticsearch     = 7.9.0
+elasticsearch     = 7.10.0
 lucene            = 8.6.0
 
 bundled_jdk_vendor = adoptopenjdk
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/Version.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/Version.java
index 839f0b8bda3..ea7185f5c72 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/Version.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/Version.java
@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ public class Version implements Comparable<Version>, ToXContentFragment {
     public static final Version V_7_8_0 = new Version(7080099, org.apache.lucene.util.Version.LUCENE_8_5_1);
     public static final Version V_7_8_1 = new Version(7080199, org.apache.lucene.util.Version.LUCENE_8_5_1);
     public static final Version V_7_9_0 = new Version(7090099, org.apache.lucene.util.Version.LUCENE_8_6_0);
-    public static final Version CURRENT = V_7_9_0;
+    public static final Version V_7_10_0 = new Version(7100099, org.apache.lucene.util.Version.LUCENE_8_6_0);
+    public static final Version CURRENT = V_7_10_0;
 
     private static final ImmutableOpenIntMap<Version> idToVersion;