diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 53abbac866d..1a4ce247e3b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,13 +3,15 @@ AWS Cloud Plugin for ElasticSearch
 
 The AWS Cloud plugin allows to use AWS EC2 API for the unicast discovery mechanism as well as using S3 as a shared gateway.
 
-In order to install the plugin, simply run: `bin/plugin -install elasticsearch/elasticsearch-cloud-aws/1.6.0`.
+In order to install the plugin, simply run: `bin/plugin -install elasticsearch/elasticsearch-cloud-aws/1.7.0`.
 
     ---------------------------------------
     | AWS Cloud Plugin | ElasticSearch    |
     ---------------------------------------
     | master           | 0.19 -> master   |
     ---------------------------------------
+    | 1.7.0            | 0.19 -> master   |
+    ---------------------------------------
     | 1.6.0            | 0.19 -> master   |
     ---------------------------------------
     | 1.5.0            | 0.19 -> master   |
@@ -27,7 +29,7 @@ In order to install the plugin, simply run: `bin/plugin -install elasticsearch/e
 
 ## Generic Configuration
 
-The cloud aws plugin requires setting the `cloud.aws.access_key` and `cloud.aws.secret_key`.
+The plugin will automatically use the instance level security credentials (as of 0.17), but they can be provided explicitly using `cloud.aws.access_key` and `cloud.aws.secret_key`:
 
     cloud:
         aws:
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7ff84270774..83c1b6bcbd4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.elasticsearch</groupId>
     <artifactId>elasticsearch-cloud-aws</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.0</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <description>AWS Cloud plugin for ElasticSearch</description>
     <inceptionYear>2009</inceptionYear>