diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b8700378d..dfe7cb781 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,37 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.70.0](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/compare/barretenberg-v0.69.1...barretenberg-v0.70.0) (2025-01-15)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Allow concurrent world state access ([#11216](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/11216)) ([17aa4b4](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/17aa4b4cf2164d29d24d4da29d4b55d273802747))
+* **avm2:** Avm redesign init ([#10906](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/10906)) ([231f017](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/231f017d14c3d261b28ab19dcbdf368c561d0cc7))
+* Permutation argument optimizations  ([#10960](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/10960)) ([de99603](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/de9960345da17e97464d2c36c35e3eada4fa3680))
+* Use tail public inputs as transaction hash ([#11100](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/11100)) ([34be2c3](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/34be2c3800c2d99c11fe3448e01c77abf60c726d))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **avm:** AVM circuit fixes related calldata, returndata and call_ptr ([#11207](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/11207)) ([2f05dc0](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/2f05dc02fe7b147c7cd6fc235134279dbf332c08))
+* **avm:** Mac build ([#11195](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/11195)) ([c4f4452](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/c4f44520a8cc234219f7e9e021b0574a894aa06e))
+* **avm:** Mac build (retry) ([#11197](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/11197)) ([0a4b763](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/0a4b763a39fde0f37ac5baa3bd1e3052c01ca946))
+* **bootstrap:** Don't download bad cache if unstaged changes ([#11198](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/11198)) ([2bd895b](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/2bd895bb0887fddc45433224b3ebef04660f744c))
+* Remove max lookup table size constant (for now) ([#11095](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/11095)) ([7e9e268](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/7e9e2681e314145237f95f79ffdc95ad25a0e319))
+
+
+### Miscellaneous
+
+* **avm:** Fix mac build ([#11147](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/11147)) ([1775e53](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/1775e53025f9946ba26b8b624a0f15f4ccdabd2f))
+* **avm:** Improve column stats ([#11135](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/11135)) ([535a14c](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/535a14c8c59399ce7579c69f6aec862f71981699))
+* **avm:** Re-enable bb-prover tests in CI, change some to check-circuit-only, enable multi-enqueued call tests ([#11180](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/11180)) ([3092212](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/3092212d61cb1359d10b1741b48627518e5437d7))
+* **avm:** Vm2 followup cleanup ([#11186](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/11186)) ([6de4013](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/6de4013c1204b3478b6d444c0cff5ca9c5c6cd03))
+* **docs:** Update tx concepts page ([#10947](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/10947)) ([d9d9798](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/d9d9798f90cce34ff03cc89d8aa18bb9db0414f1))
+* Move witness computation into class plus some other cleanup ([#11140](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/11140)) ([d41e9ab](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/d41e9abc8c2428be224400ec43f4844adfd954c3))
+* Redo typo PR by longxiangqiao ([#11109](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/11109)) ([b8ef30e](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/b8ef30e2a147b5318b70ff2146186dfbae70af42))
+* Refactor Solidity Transcript and improve error handling in  sol_honk flow ([#11158](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/11158)) ([58fdf87](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/58fdf87560fc2c43255675c83dbc36eb370ca5b0))
+* SmallSubgroupIPA tests  ([#11106](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/11106)) ([f034e2a](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/f034e2af6f372e393b63ff19ca6d118d03506e1f))
+
 ## [0.69.1](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/compare/barretenberg-v0.69.0...barretenberg-v0.69.1) (2025-01-08)
 
 
diff --git a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 3714ce82c..4655156fd 100644
--- a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.24 FATAL_ERROR)
 project(
     Barretenberg
     DESCRIPTION "BN254 elliptic curve library, and PLONK SNARK prover"
-    VERSION 0.69.1 # x-release-please-version
+    VERSION 0.70.0 # x-release-please-version
     LANGUAGES CXX C
 )
 # Insert version into `bb` config file
diff --git a/ts/CHANGELOG.md b/ts/CHANGELOG.md
index a5a540c55..869fac923 100644
--- a/ts/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/ts/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.70.0](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/compare/barretenberg.js-v0.69.1...barretenberg.js-v0.70.0) (2025-01-15)
+
+
+### Miscellaneous
+
+* **barretenberg.js:** Synchronize aztec-packages versions
+
 ## [0.69.1](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/compare/barretenberg.js-v0.69.0...barretenberg.js-v0.69.1) (2025-01-08)
 
 
diff --git a/ts/package.json b/ts/package.json
index 6b5af5ba5..087d35780 100644
--- a/ts/package.json
+++ b/ts/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@aztec/bb.js",
   "packageManager": "yarn@4.5.2",
-  "version": "0.69.1",
+  "version": "0.70.0",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/tree/master/barretenberg/ts",
   "license": "MIT",
   "type": "module",