diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Api.ProviderBuilderExtensions/CHANGELOG.md b/src/OpenTelemetry.Api.ProviderBuilderExtensions/CHANGELOG.md
index 7feacfdf7e3..12cac97046c 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Api.ProviderBuilderExtensions/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Api.ProviderBuilderExtensions/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## 1.7.0-rc.1
+
+Released 2023-Nov-29
+
 * Updated `Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions` package
   version to `8.0.0`.
   ([#5051](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet/pull/5051))
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Api/CHANGELOG.md b/src/OpenTelemetry.Api/CHANGELOG.md
index 94718f8c190..9ec4e76c4a5 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Api/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Api/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## 1.7.0-rc.1
+
+Released 2023-Nov-29
+
 * Updated `System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource` package version to
   `8.0.0`.
   ([#5051](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet/pull/5051))
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console/CHANGELOG.md b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console/CHANGELOG.md
index 976da186951..953a736999c 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## 1.7.0-rc.1
+
+Released 2023-Nov-29
+
 * Add support for Instrumentation Scope Attributes (i.e [Meter
   Tags](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.diagnostics.metrics.meter.tags)),
   fixing issue
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.InMemory/CHANGELOG.md b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.InMemory/CHANGELOG.md
index 3890402406a..db39656ec81 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.InMemory/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.InMemory/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## 1.7.0-rc.1
+
+Released 2023-Nov-29
+
 ## 1.7.0-alpha.1
 
 Released 2023-Oct-16
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/CHANGELOG.md b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/CHANGELOG.md
index 62c49881578..5b4498446c9 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## 1.7.0-rc.1
+
+Released 2023-Nov-29
+
 * Made `OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OtlpLogExporter` public.
   ([#4979](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet/pull/4979))
 
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Prometheus.AspNetCore/CHANGELOG.md b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Prometheus.AspNetCore/CHANGELOG.md
index adc7f6d701d..ba0192f9138 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Prometheus.AspNetCore/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Prometheus.AspNetCore/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## 1.7.0-rc.1
+
+Released 2023-Nov-29
+
 ## 1.7.0-alpha.1
 
 Released 2023-Oct-16
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Prometheus.HttpListener/CHANGELOG.md b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Prometheus.HttpListener/CHANGELOG.md
index 875c9b03841..86cbc02b37b 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Prometheus.HttpListener/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Prometheus.HttpListener/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## 1.7.0-rc.1
+
+Released 2023-Nov-29
+
 ## 1.7.0-alpha.1
 
 Released 2023-Oct-16
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Zipkin/CHANGELOG.md b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Zipkin/CHANGELOG.md
index 0d957c310ec..0e26e87ca65 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Zipkin/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Zipkin/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## 1.7.0-rc.1
+
+Released 2023-Nov-29
+
 ## 1.7.0-alpha.1
 
 Released 2023-Oct-16
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Hosting/CHANGELOG.md b/src/OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Hosting/CHANGELOG.md
index 01bff688c3b..9170bc36103 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Hosting/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Hosting/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## 1.7.0-rc.1
+
+Released 2023-Nov-29
+
 * Updated `Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Abstractions` package
   version to `8.0.0`.
   ([#5051](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet/pull/5051))
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Propagators/CHANGELOG.md b/src/OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Propagators/CHANGELOG.md
index f5838c552a7..0e62ed845b1 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Propagators/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Propagators/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## 1.7.0-rc.1
+
+Released 2023-Nov-29
+
 ## 1.7.0-alpha.1
 
 Released 2023-Oct-16
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry/CHANGELOG.md b/src/OpenTelemetry/CHANGELOG.md
index d4c1f180197..8c657465f88 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## 1.7.0-rc.1
+
+Released 2023-Nov-29
+
 * The `AddService` `ResourceBuilder` extension method will now generate the same
   `service.instance.id` for the lifetime of a process when
   `autoGenerateServiceInstanceId` is `true`.