diff --git a/bin/make_all b/bin/make_all
index bd9e6f7..b8445a5 100755
--- a/bin/make_all
+++ b/bin/make_all
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
 cd $DIR/../src/sslip.io-dns-server
-ldflags="-X xip/xip.VersionSemantic=2.6.2 \
+ldflags="-X xip/xip.VersionSemantic=2.7.0 \
          -X xip/xip.VersionDate=$(date +%Y/%m/%d-%H:%M:%S%z) \
          -X xip/xip.VersionGitHash=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
 export GOOS GOARCH
diff --git a/docs/DEVELOPER.md b/docs/DEVELOPER.md
index 748062f..43d0b66 100644
--- a/docs/DEVELOPER.md
+++ b/docs/DEVELOPER.md
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ These instructions are meant primarily for me when deploying a new release;
 they might not make sense unless you're on my workstation.
 
 ```bash
-export OLD_VERSION=2.6.1
-export VERSION=2.6.2
+export OLD_VERSION=2.6.2
+export VERSION=2.7.0
 cd ~/workspace/sslip.io
 git pull -r --autostash
 # update the version number for the TXT record for version.status.sslip.io
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ echo " ===" # separator because the results are too similar
 dig @$DNS_SERVER_IP 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa ptr +short
 echo "127-0-0-1.sslip.io."
 dig @$DNS_SERVER_IP metrics.status.sslip.io txt +short | grep '"Queries: '
-echo '"Queries: 17 (?.?/s)"'
+echo '"Queries: 12 (?.?/s)"'
 ```
 Review the output then close the second window. Stop the server in the
 original window. Commit our changes:
diff --git a/k8s/Dockerfile-sslip.io-dns-server b/k8s/Dockerfile-sslip.io-dns-server
index 60dba67..996f351 100644
--- a/k8s/Dockerfile-sslip.io-dns-server
+++ b/k8s/Dockerfile-sslip.io-dns-server
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="Brian Cunnie <brian.cunnie@gmail.com>"
 RUN dnf install -y bind-utils
 
 ARG TARGETARCH # amd64, arm64 (so I can run on AWS graviton2)
-RUN curl -f -L https://github.com/cunnie/sslip.io/releases/download/2.6.2/sslip.io-dns-server-linux-$TARGETARCH \
+RUN curl -f -L https://github.com/cunnie/sslip.io/releases/download/2.7.0/sslip.io-dns-server-linux-$TARGETARCH \
     -o /usr/sbin/sslip.io-dns-server; \
   chmod 755 /usr/sbin/sslip.io-dns-server
 
diff --git a/k8s/document_root_sslip.io/index.html b/k8s/document_root_sslip.io/index.html
index 2d915ed..19eb834 100644
--- a/k8s/document_root_sslip.io/index.html
+++ b/k8s/document_root_sslip.io/index.html
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/respond/1.4.2/respond.min.js"></script> <![endif]-->
       install & run our server within a docker container:</p>
       <pre>
 docker run -it --rm fedora
-curl -L https://github.com/cunnie/sslip.io/releases/download/2.6.2/sslip.io-dns-server-linux-amd64 -o dns-server
+curl -L https://github.com/cunnie/sslip.io/releases/download/2.7.0/sslip.io-dns-server-linux-amd64 -o dns-server
 chmod +x dns-server
 ./dns-server 2&gt; dns-server.log &
 dnf install -y bind-utils
diff --git a/spec/check-dns_spec.rb b/spec/check-dns_spec.rb
index b4e6076..f4fa022 100644
--- a/spec/check-dns_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/check-dns_spec.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ def get_whois_nameservers(domain)
 end
 
 domain = ENV['DOMAIN'] || 'example.com'
-sslip_version = '2.6.2'
+sslip_version = '2.7.0'
 whois_nameservers = get_whois_nameservers(domain)
 
 describe domain do