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From: semantic-release-bot <semantic-release-bot@martynus.net>
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2025 10:27:09 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(release): 7.0.0 [skip ci]
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## [7.0.0](https://github.com/appium/appium-chromedriver/compare/v6.1.16...v7.0.0) (2025-01-24)

### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES

* The detectWebDriverProtocol method of the Chromedriver class has been removed
* The desiredProtocol property of the Chromedriver class has been renamed to _desiredProtocol
* The driverVersion property of the Chromedriver has been changed to a getter

### Features

* Determine chromedriver version from the /status API output ([#456](https://github.com/appium/appium-chromedriver/issues/456)) ([797c8cc](https://github.com/appium/appium-chromedriver/commit/797c8cc3648712c0d8d17b15c5ef2be4af8a6c99))
---
 CHANGELOG.md | 12 ++++++++++++
 package.json |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e267fec1..8231a1d8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+## [7.0.0](https://github.com/appium/appium-chromedriver/compare/v6.1.16...v7.0.0) (2025-01-24)
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* The detectWebDriverProtocol method of the Chromedriver class has been removed
+* The desiredProtocol property of the Chromedriver class has been renamed to _desiredProtocol
+* The driverVersion property of the Chromedriver has been changed to a getter
+
+### Features
+
+* Determine chromedriver version from the /status API output ([#456](https://github.com/appium/appium-chromedriver/issues/456)) ([797c8cc](https://github.com/appium/appium-chromedriver/commit/797c8cc3648712c0d8d17b15c5ef2be4af8a6c99))
+
 ## [6.1.16](https://github.com/appium/appium-chromedriver/compare/v6.1.15...v6.1.16) (2025-01-23)
 
 ### Miscellaneous Chores
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 920c8412..711a5b5d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     "chrome",
     "android"
   ],
-  "version": "6.1.16",
+  "version": "7.0.0",
   "author": "Appium Contributors",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "repository": {