diff --git a/lamindb/__init__.py b/lamindb/__init__.py
index da515225a..cdfef1e4a 100644
--- a/lamindb/__init__.py
+++ b/lamindb/__init__.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 """
 
 # denote a release candidate for 0.1.0 with 0.1rc1, 0.1a1, 0.1b1, etc.
-__version__ = "1.0.2"
+__version__ = "1.0.3"
 
 from lamindb_setup._check_setup import InstanceNotSetupError as _InstanceNotSetupError
 from lamindb_setup._check_setup import _check_instance_setup