diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
index 35981af3..6d49d528 100644
--- a/changelog
+++ b/changelog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 CHANGELOG
 
+0.4.7
+* adding support for passing None into query batch methods to clear any batch objects
+
 0.4.6
 * fixing the way models are compared
 
diff --git a/cqlengine/__init__.py b/cqlengine/__init__.py
index a07df1f2..d9763109 100644
--- a/cqlengine/__init__.py
+++ b/cqlengine/__init__.py
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ from cqlengine.functions import *
 from cqlengine.models import Model
 from cqlengine.query import BatchQuery
 
-__version__ = '0.4.6'
+__version__ = '0.4.7'
 
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 880cbeb4..2b29bbfe 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ copyright = u'2012, Blake Eggleston'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '0.4.6'
+version = '0.4.7'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '0.4.6'
+release = '0.4.7'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c00d3ab9..9865237f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 #python setup.py register
 #python setup.py sdist upload
 
-version = '0.4.6'
+version = '0.4.7'
 
 long_desc = """
 Cassandra CQL 3 Object Mapper for Python