diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5dfe55187..e05499bf2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -163,6 +163,9 @@ cython_debug/
 #.idea/
 
 testing/
+data/*
+plots/*
+notebooks/*
 core
 app.config.js
 wandb
diff --git a/prompting/__init__.py b/prompting/__init__.py
index 65aed54ea..511c0c7b6 100644
--- a/prompting/__init__.py
+++ b/prompting/__init__.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
 # Define the version of the template module.
-__version__ = "2.4.2"
+__version__ = "2.5.0"
 version_split = __version__.split(".")
 __spec_version__ = (
     (10000 * int(version_split[0]))
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7d11d95fc..79e0965cf 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 angle_emb==0.4.4
-bittensor==7.0.1
+bittensor==7.1.1
 bs4==0.0.2
 click==8.1.3
 datasets==2.14.6