diff --git a/gff/BCBio/GFF/__init__.py b/gff/BCBio/GFF/__init__.py
index 448dae42..69a35cf6 100644
--- a/gff/BCBio/GFF/__init__.py
+++ b/gff/BCBio/GFF/__init__.py
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 from BCBio.GFF.GFFParser import GFFParser, DiscoGFFParser, GFFExaminer, parse, parse_simple
 from BCBio.GFF.GFFOutput import GFF3Writer, write
 
-__version__ = "0.6.9"
+__version__ = "0.7.1"