diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b3d9821..36a8a95 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import sys
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
-VERSION = "1.6.7"
+VERSION = "1.7.0"
 
 PACKAGE_VERSION = {
     "classification-banner": "classification-banner == {0}".format(VERSION),