diff --git a/version.json b/version.json
index 698cd37..921f558 100644
--- a/version.json
+++ b/version.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-    "version": "1.6",
+    "version": "1.7",
     "publicReleaseRefSpec": [
       "^refs/heads/main$", // we release out of main
       "^refs/heads/rel/\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+" // we also release branches starting with rel/N.N.N