diff --git a/tdtax/__init__.py b/tdtax/__init__.py
index 3f31437..02075ec 100644
--- a/tdtax/__init__.py
+++ b/tdtax/__init__.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
                .replace('"subclasses":', '"children":')
 vega_taxonomy = json.loads(taxstr)
 
-__version__ = '0.1.6'
+__version__ = '0.1.7'
 
 __all__ = ["taxonomy", "schema", "vega_taxonomy", "write_viz", "__version__"]