diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 727e4b32f5..aea265606f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+v3.5.0-rc.7 (2019-08-01)
+------------------------
+
+* Upgraded arangodb starter version to 0.14.12.
+
+
 v3.5.0-rc.6 (2019-07-29)
 ------------------------
 
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c771cea1af..2bf1a8a84a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ set(ARANGODB_VERSION_MINOR "5")
 if (NOT DEFINED ARANGODB_VERSION_PATCH)
   set(ARANGODB_VERSION_PATCH "0")
   set(ARANGODB_VERSION_RELEASE_TYPE "rc")
-  set(ARANGODB_VERSION_RELEASE_NUMBER "6")
+  set(ARANGODB_VERSION_RELEASE_NUMBER "7")
 else()
   unset (ARANGODB_VERSION_RELEASE_TYPE) # do not remove space
   unset (ARANGODB_VERSION_RELEASE_NUMBER) # do not remove space
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 862d80e709..d1fb6b417f 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.5.0-rc.6
+3.5.0-rc.7
diff --git a/VERSIONS b/VERSIONS
index 6d22e77706..50a6a65a11 100644
--- a/VERSIONS
+++ b/VERSIONS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-STARTER_REV "0.14.5"
+STARTER_REV "0.14.12"
 SYNCER_REV "0.6.5"
 GCC_LINUX "8.3.0"
 GSEARCH_ID_HTTP     "010085642145132923492:fixi4yzeiz8"