diff --git a/src/pyhgf/__init__.py b/src/pyhgf/__init__.py
index 30b012842..f6280dcc9 100644
--- a/src/pyhgf/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pyhgf/__init__.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
 
-__version__ = "0.1.6"
+__version__ = "0.1.7"
 
 
 def load_data(dataset: str) -> Union[Tuple[np.ndarray, ...], np.ndarray]: