diff --git a/db/SCHEMA.sql b/db/SCHEMA.sql
index 5b02782e3f59b04cd01cf8882dc67249cd3ec4c6..352a24bfdc1b0a119c058322769abe44ed2e61f4 100755
--- a/db/SCHEMA.sql
+++ b/db/SCHEMA.sql
@@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `passkeys` (
   PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
   KEY `user_id` (`user_id`),
   CONSTRAINT `user_id` FOREIGN KEY (`user_id`) REFERENCES `users` (`id`) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE
-) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
 
 
 # Dump of table nominatim
@@ -1080,5 +1080,5 @@ CREATE TABLE `nominatim_cache` (
 # Dump of table -- for autofix comment, leave as it is
 # ------------------------------------------------------------
 
-UPDATE `settings` SET `version` = "1.6";
-UPDATE `settings` SET `dbversion` = 40;
+UPDATE `settings` SET `version` = "1.7";
+UPDATE `settings` SET `dbversion` = 41;
diff --git a/functions/upgrade_queries.php b/functions/upgrade_queries.php
index 5f7c5a133e7809acb30f6f63c2c11359c765836e..5b9c993c60769b4b631bc7f87f449b91c42c75f1 100644
--- a/functions/upgrade_queries.php
+++ b/functions/upgrade_queries.php
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ include('upgrade_queries/upgrade_queries_1.3.php');
 include('upgrade_queries/upgrade_queries_1.4.php');
 include('upgrade_queries/upgrade_queries_1.5.php');
 include('upgrade_queries/upgrade_queries_1.6.php');
+include('upgrade_queries/upgrade_queries_1.7.php');
 
 
 // output if required
diff --git a/functions/upgrade_queries/upgrade_queries_1.6.php b/functions/upgrade_queries/upgrade_queries_1.6.php
index 289feed5a8687a0508b6d2fc4b4189975531d87a..43e9971e038fe1ea919b8d4a2bdeeeace7e5f00e 100644
--- a/functions/upgrade_queries/upgrade_queries_1.6.php
+++ b/functions/upgrade_queries/upgrade_queries_1.6.php
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ $upgrade_queries["1.6.40"][] = "CREATE TABLE `passkeys` (
   PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
   KEY `user_id` (`user_id`),
   CONSTRAINT `user_id` FOREIGN KEY (`user_id`) REFERENCES `users` (`id`) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE
-) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;";
\ No newline at end of file
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci;";
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/functions/upgrade_queries/upgrade_queries_1.7.php b/functions/upgrade_queries/upgrade_queries_1.7.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..99c5b6a6864c313e39dc9e057810be9828e3a750
--- /dev/null
+++ b/functions/upgrade_queries/upgrade_queries_1.7.php
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?php
+
+#
+# Version 1.71 queries
+#
+$upgrade_queries["1.7.41"]   = [];
+$upgrade_queries["1.7.41"][] = "-- Version update";
+$upgrade_queries["1.7.41"][] = "UPDATE `settings` set `version` = '1.7';";
+$upgrade_queries["1.7.41"][] = "-- Database version bump";
+$upgrade_queries["1.7.41"][] = "UPDATE `settings` set `dbversion` = '41';";
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/functions/version.php b/functions/version.php
index 8a8489b18650c53f7eb7eaab540cbeb53efc104f..da913411eb540f6a004bd8e053d890938a854111 100644
--- a/functions/version.php
+++ b/functions/version.php
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 <?php
 /* set latest version */
-define("VERSION", "1.6");									//decimal release version e.g 1.32
+define("VERSION", "1.7");									//decimal release version e.g 1.32
 /* set latest version */
-define("VERSION_VISIBLE", "1.6.1");							//visible version in footer e.g 1.3.2
+define("VERSION_VISIBLE", "1.7.0");							//visible version in footer e.g 1.3.2
 /* set latest revision */
-define("REVISION", "003");									//increment on static content changes (js/css) or point releases to avoid caching issues
+define("REVISION", "001");									//increment on static content changes (js/css) or point releases to avoid caching issues
 /* set last possible upgrade */
 define("LAST_POSSIBLE", "1.4");							    //minimum required version to be able to upgrade
 /* set published - hide dbversion in footer */
-define("PUBLISHED", true);									//hide dbversion in footer
+define("PUBLISHED", false);									//hide dbversion in footer
 
 // Automatically set DBVERSION as everyone forgets!
 function get_dbversion() {