diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 950f49e7..e983869f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "cityseer"
-version = '4.6.8'
+version = '4.7.0'
 description = "Computational tools for network-based pedestrian-scale urban analysis"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10, <3.12"
diff --git a/pysrc/cityseer/metrics/networks.py b/pysrc/cityseer/metrics/networks.py
index bce40074..12610f94 100644
--- a/pysrc/cityseer/metrics/networks.py
+++ b/pysrc/cityseer/metrics/networks.py
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ def node_centrality_shortest(
                 nodes_gdf[data_key] = getattr(result, measure_name)[distance]
         for distance in distances:  # type: ignore
             data_key = config.prep_gdf_key(f"node_hillier_{distance}")
-            nodes_gdf[data_key] = result.node_density[distance] / result.node_farness[distance]  # type: ignore
+            nodes_gdf[data_key] = result.node_density[distance] ** 2 / result.node_farness[distance]  # type: ignore
     if compute_betweenness is True:
         for measure_name in ["node_betweenness", "node_betweenness_beta"]:
             for distance in distances:  # type: ignore
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ def node_centrality_simplest(
             nodes_gdf[data_key] = result.node_harmonic[distance]  # type: ignore
         for distance in distances:  # type: ignore
             data_key = config.prep_gdf_key(f"node_hillier_simplest_{distance}")
-            nodes_gdf[data_key] = result.node_density[distance] / result.node_farness[distance]  # type: ignore
+            nodes_gdf[data_key] = result.node_density[distance] ** 2 / result.node_farness[distance]  # type: ignore
         for distance in distances:  # type: ignore
             data_key = config.prep_gdf_key(f"node_farness_simplest_{distance}")
             nodes_gdf[data_key] = result.node_farness[distance]  # type: ignore
diff --git a/tests/metrics/test_networks.py b/tests/metrics/test_networks.py
index e0b01133..e45bbbb0 100644
--- a/tests/metrics/test_networks.py
+++ b/tests/metrics/test_networks.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def test_node_centrality_shortest(primal_graph):
                         )
                     assert np.allclose(
                         nodes_gdf[config.prep_gdf_key(f"node_hillier_{distance}")],
-                        node_result_short.node_density[distance] / node_result_short.node_farness[distance],
+                        node_result_short.node_density[distance] ** 2 / node_result_short.node_farness[distance],
                         equal_nan=True,
                         atol=config.ATOL,
                         rtol=config.RTOL,
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ def test_node_centrality_simplest(primal_graph):
                     )
                     assert np.allclose(
                         nodes_gdf[config.prep_gdf_key(f"node_hillier_simplest_{distance}")],
-                        node_result_simplest.node_density[distance] / node_result_simplest.node_farness[distance],
+                        node_result_simplest.node_density[distance] ** 2 / node_result_simplest.node_farness[distance],
                         equal_nan=True,
                         atol=config.ATOL,
                         rtol=config.RTOL,