diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5243009a75..7aeec8c296 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ def build_extension(self, ext: CMakeExtension) -> None:
 # logic and declaration, and simpler if you include description/version in a file.
 setup(
     name="highspy",
-    version="1.6.8",
+    version="1.7.0",
     description = "A thin set of pybind11 wrappers to HiGHS",
     author="HiGHS developers",
     author_email="highsopt@gmail.com",