diff --git a/lamindb/__init__.py b/lamindb/__init__.py
index 422cf61cd..56be720dd 100644
--- a/lamindb/__init__.py
+++ b/lamindb/__init__.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.70.0"  # denote a release candidate for 0.1.0 with 0.1rc1
+__version__ = "0.70.1"  # denote a release candidate for 0.1.0 with 0.1rc1
 
 import os as _os