diff --git a/openfl/__version__.py b/openfl/__version__.py
index 44cb4cc1db..9b3baabe14 100644
--- a/openfl/__version__.py
+++ b/openfl/__version__.py
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 
 """openfl version information."""
 
-__version__ = "1.6"
+__version__ = "1.7"
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(),