diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0a15fe688d..ec7d691da7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "mxcubecore"
-version = "1.61.0"
+version = "1.62.0"
 license = "LGPL-3.0-or-later"
 description = "Core libraries for the MXCuBE application"
 authors = ["The MXCuBE collaboration <mxcube@esrf.fr>"]