diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8c9ee473..10d78b0c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "autograd"
-version = "1.6.3"
+version = "1.7.0"
 requires-python = ">=3.8"
 description = "Efficiently computes derivatives of NumPy code."
 readme = "README.md"