diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 52c69f2e68d549d3c9804c8102f291d6de8658c7..3edc164cb9876bd4c38d43705d0742fcbee24bdd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,5 +19,6 @@ cellMods
 __pycache__
 
 require-ess/require.Makefile
+require-ess/O.*
 require-ess/Db/*.db
 require-ess/Db/*.d
diff --git a/configure/RELEASE b/configure/RELEASE
index bcaed51db18f42281c1529d4a1ea80d381ba6368..d3138d2e011785f4d45e8b87d86fae300ef4d91a 100644
--- a/configure/RELEASE
+++ b/configure/RELEASE
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-EPICS_BASE=/epics/base-7.0.6.1
+EPICS_BASE=/epics/base-7.0.7
 
 E3_REQUIRE_NAME:=require
-E3_REQUIRE_VERSION:=4.0.0
+E3_REQUIRE_VERSION:=5.0.0
 
 
 # The definitions shown below can also be placed in an untracked RELEASE.local