diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cdb52a23..2913c67e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='jmetalpy',
-    version='1.5.4',
+    version='1.7.0 stat',
     description='Python version of the jMetal framework',
     long_description=README,
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',