diff --git a/lamindb_setup/__init__.py b/lamindb_setup/__init__.py
index ad974598..7c3ed1d3 100644
--- a/lamindb_setup/__init__.py
+++ b/lamindb_setup/__init__.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.76.8"  # denote a release candidate for 0.1.0 with 0.1rc1
+__version__ = "0.77.0"  # denote a release candidate for 0.1.0 with 0.1rc1
 
 import os as _os
 import sys as _sys