diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9e8d54f..c6e9b72 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 News (mainly features/major bug fixes)
 
+portage-2.3.70
+--------------
+* The @live-rebuild package set now searches for PROPERTIES=live, see
+  bug 233589. The @deprecated-live-rebuild package set provides the
+  old behavior which was based on inherited eclasses.
+
 portage-2.3.64
 --------------
 * New (council approved) default locations for the Gentoo repository,
diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index 82768be..5384d82 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 Release Notes; upgrade information mainly.
 Features/major bugfixes are listed in NEWS
 
+portage-2.3.70
+==================================
+* Bug Fixes:
+    - Bug 233589 Support PROPERTIES=live
+    - Bug 690304 dispatch-conf unicode safety
+    - Bug 690446 emaint -c binhost support for binpkg-multi-instance
+    - Bug 690758 network-sandbox support for AI_ADDRCONFIG
+
+
 portage-2.3.69
 ==================================
 * Bug Fixes:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 69e90a6..d4ef01f 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@
 
 setup(
 	name = 'portage',
-	version = '2.3.69',
+	version = '2.3.70',
 	url = 'https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Portage',
 	author = 'Gentoo Portage Development Team',
 	author_email = 'dev-portage@gentoo.org',