diff --git a/kipoi_utils/_version.py b/kipoi_utils/_version.py
index 40b7b12..7adfc4e 100644
--- a/kipoi_utils/_version.py
+++ b/kipoi_utils/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '0.7.6'
\ No newline at end of file
+__version__ = '0.7.7'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index addc019..51a5752 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.7.6
+current_version = 0.7.7
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ replace = version='{new_version}'
 [bumpversion:file:kipoi_utils/_version.py]
 search = __version__ = '{current_version}'
 replace = __version__ = '{new_version}'
+
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5e21f8f..39f7bbd 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 desc = "kipoi-utils: utils used in various packages related to kipoi"
 setup(
     name='kipoi_utils',
-    version='0.7.6',
+    version='0.7.7',
     description=desc,
     author="Kipoi team",
     author_email='thorsten.beier@embl.de',