diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: Rarr
 Title: Read Zarr Files in R
-Version: 1.6.0
+Version: 1.7.0
 Authors@R: c(person("Mike", "Smith", 
                 role=c("aut", "cre"), 
                 email = "grimbough@gmail.com",