diff --git a/src/sparsify/version.py b/src/sparsify/version.py
index 93ea9d86..e9cce845 100644
--- a/src/sparsify/version.py
+++ b/src/sparsify/version.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 from datetime import date
 
 
-version_base = "1.6.0"
+version_base = "1.7.0"
 is_release = False  # change to True to set the generated version as a release version