diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f009294..6407c98 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="strsimpy",
-    version="0.1.6",
+    version="0.1.7",
     description="A library implementing different string similarity and distance measures",
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
diff --git a/strsimpy/__init__.py b/strsimpy/__init__.py
index 28873f9..a80015b 100644
--- a/strsimpy/__init__.py
+++ b/strsimpy/__init__.py
@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@
 from .weighted_levenshtein import WeightedLevenshtein
 
 __name__ = 'strsimpy'
-__version__ = '0.1.6'
+__version__ = '0.1.7'