diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bd04faed..712f8782 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ endif (NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
 enable_language(C ASM)
 
 project(mckernel C ASM)
-set(MCKERNEL_VERSION "1.6.0")
+set(MCKERNEL_VERSION "1.7.0rc3")
 
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/modules)
 # for rpmbuild
diff --git a/ihk b/ihk
index dd52fbbb..d1b9e0b6 160000
--- a/ihk
+++ b/ihk
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit dd52fbbb9f364cce4ff827a729daafa4476f6801
+Subproject commit d1b9e0b673fcd6d0f344dbf673ba37ce343bbe2b