diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 2030672..8300227 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,43 @@
+libsilkit (5.0.7-1ubuntu1) stable; urgency=medium
+  * `config`: experimental topic based filtering of log messages per logging
+    sink via `Experimental/EnabledTopics` and `Experimental/DisabledTopics`.
+    Log messages are tagged with a topic that classifies their origin (e.g.,
+    `Asio`, `Ethernet`, `Participant`, `User`).
+  * `docs`: added description of the experimental logging topics, including the
+    list of topic names currently assigned by SIL Kit components.# Fixed
+  * `core`: on peer shutdown, the disconnected peer is removed from the pending
+    subscription acknowledges. Otherwise, participants could wait
+    indefinitely for acknowledges that will never arrive.
+  * `config`: the participant configuration is now validated against the schema.
+    Previously, only included configuration files were validated, the root
+    configuration was not.
+  * `config`: added missing entries to the participant configuration JSON schema
+    and the schema validation (e.g., `Experimental/Metrics/UpdateInterval`,
+    `RpcClients/RpcChannel`, `RpcServers/RpcChannel`).
+  * `api`: the public header `silkit/services/logging/string_utils.hpp` no
+    longer includes internal headers.
+  * `config`: experimental
+    `Experimental.TimeSynchronization.DynamicSimulationStep` to enable
+    dynamic simulation step sizes, aligning each simulation step to the
+    minimal step among all synchronized participants. Tri-state: `true`
+    requests it for the whole simulation, `false` opts out, and leaving it
+    unset follows the network. Off by default.# Changed
+  * `config`: default format of file logging is set to JSON. Set "Format:
+    Simple" in the sink to get previous behaviour.
+  * `docs`: added description of the logging "Format".
+  * `build`: the CMake targets only expose the top-level include directory
+    instead of internal include directories.# Fixed
+  * `config`: a mapping that is mistyped as a YAML sequence (e.g. a stray
+    leading `- ` turning `HealthCheck` into a list) is now rejected with a
+    clear error instead of being silently accepted.
+  * `config`: a configuration containing multiple `---`-separated YAML documents
+    is now rejected with a clear error. A single leading `---` remains
+    valid.
+  * `orchestration`: setting a simulation step duration of zero now raises a
+    `SilKitError` instead of being silently accepted.
+
+ -- Konrad Breitsprecher <konrad.breitsprecher@vector.com>  Wed, 29 Jul 2026 12:33:42 +0200
+
 libsilkit (5.0.6-1ubuntu1) stable; urgency=medium
   * `demo`: removed third-party dependency from performance test script
   * `docs`: Fixed ethernet docs and samples
diff --git a/rpm/libsilkit5.spec b/rpm/libsilkit5.spec
index c4859ba..92a37a1 100644
--- a/rpm/libsilkit5.spec
+++ b/rpm/libsilkit5.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 %define version_major 5
 %define version_minor 0
-%define version_patch 6
+%define version_patch 7
 %define version_suffix %{nil}
 
 
@@ -90,6 +90,43 @@ install -p -D -m 0644 %{SOURCE1} %{buildroot}/%{_unitdir}/
 
 %changelog
 
+* Wed Jul 29 2026 Konrad Breitsprecher <konrad.breitsprecher@vector.com> - 5.0.7
+- `config`: experimental topic based filtering of log messages per logging
+  sink via `Experimental/EnabledTopics` and `Experimental/DisabledTopics`.
+  Log messages are tagged with a topic that classifies their origin (e.g.,
+  `Asio`, `Ethernet`, `Participant`, `User`).
+- `docs`: added description of the experimental logging topics, including the
+  list of topic names currently assigned by SIL Kit components.# Fixed
+- `core`: on peer shutdown, the disconnected peer is removed from the pending
+  subscription acknowledges. Otherwise, participants could wait indefinitely
+  for acknowledges that will never arrive.
+- `config`: the participant configuration is now validated against the schema.
+  Previously, only included configuration files were validated, the root
+  configuration was not.
+- `config`: added missing entries to the participant configuration JSON schema
+  and the schema validation (e.g., `Experimental/Metrics/UpdateInterval`,
+  `RpcClients/RpcChannel`, `RpcServers/RpcChannel`).
+- `api`: the public header `silkit/services/logging/string_utils.hpp` no
+  longer includes internal headers.
+- `config`: experimental
+  `Experimental.TimeSynchronization.DynamicSimulationStep` to enable dynamic
+  simulation step sizes, aligning each simulation step to the minimal step
+  among all synchronized participants. Tri-state: `true` requests it for the
+  whole simulation, `false` opts out, and leaving it unset follows the
+  network. Off by default.# Changed
+- `config`: default format of file logging is set to JSON. Set "Format:
+  Simple" in the sink to get previous behaviour.
+- `docs`: added description of the logging "Format".
+- `build`: the CMake targets only expose the top-level include directory
+  instead of internal include directories.# Fixed
+- `config`: a mapping that is mistyped as a YAML sequence (e.g. a stray
+  leading `- ` turning `HealthCheck` into a list) is now rejected with a
+  clear error instead of being silently accepted.
+- `config`: a configuration containing multiple `---`-separated YAML documents
+  is now rejected with a clear error. A single leading `---` remains valid.
+- `orchestration`: setting a simulation step duration of zero now raises a
+  `SilKitError` instead of being silently accepted.
+
 * Thu Jun 11 2026 Konrad Breitsprecher <konrad.breitsprecher@vector.com> - 5.0.6
 - `demo`: removed third-party dependency from performance test script
 - `docs`: Fixed ethernet docs and samples