diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9bad746c74..6776c0ad16 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def run(self):
 
 setup(
     name='openfl',
-    version='1.6',
+    version='1.7',
     author='OpenFL Team',
     description='Federated Learning for the Edge',
     long_description=open("README.md", encoding="utf-8").read(),