diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5cf8168bd..94d892fb5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 - Do not call `set_px_cb` for transparent pixel
 - Fix list button focus in material theme
 - Fix crash when the a text area is cleared with the backspace of a keyboard
+- Add versionnumber to `lv_conf_template.h`
 
 ## v7.0.1 (01.06.2020)
 
diff --git a/lv_conf_template.h b/lv_conf_template.h
index 415a33d8f..d6a9c4543 100644
--- a/lv_conf_template.h
+++ b/lv_conf_template.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /**
  * @file lv_conf.h
- *
+ * Configuration file for LVGL v7.0.2
  */
 
 /*
diff --git a/scripts/release.py b/scripts/release.py
index 1514ae530..4b48d8bb4 100644
--- a/scripts/release.py
+++ b/scripts/release.py
@@ -104,6 +104,11 @@ def lvgl_update_library_json(v):
 	f.write(outbuf)
 	f.close()
 
+def lvgl_update_lv_conf_templ(ver_str):
+	title("lvgl: Update version number in lv_conf_template.h")
+	cmd("sed -i -r 's/v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+/"+ ver_str +"/' lv_conf_template.h ")
+
+
 def lvgl_commit_push(v):
 	title("lvgl: commit and push release")
 
@@ -235,7 +240,8 @@ lvgl_clone()
 lvgl_format()
 lvgl_update_api_docs()
 ver_str = lvgl_update_version()    
-lvgl_update_library_json(ver_str)
+lvgl_update_library_json(ver_str)  
+lvgl_update_lv_conf_templ(ver_str)
 lvgl_commit_push(ver_str)
 lvgl_merge_to_release_branch(ver_str)