diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 11f664a..69570b9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ where = ["src"]
 
 [project]
 name = "gradient-free-optimizers"
-version = "1.6.1"
+version = "1.7.0"
 description = "Simple and reliable optimization with local, global, population-based and sequential techniques in numerical discrete search spaces."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.9"