diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index bc9277e526f..3850d09de3d 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-09-16  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
+
+	GDB 7.0 branch created (branch timestamp: 2009-09-16 19:00 UTC)
+	* version.in: Bump version to 7.0.50.20090916-cvs.
+
 2009-09-15  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
 
 	* varobj.h (varobj_update_result_t) <new>: New field.
diff --git a/gdb/version.in b/gdb/version.in
index cc5686ecde9..b71d0fbc600 100644
--- a/gdb/version.in
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@@ -1 +1 @@
-6.8.50.20090916-cvs
+7.0.50.20090916-cvs