diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 21306c7..93716e5 100755
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -29,4 +29,9 @@ History
 ------------------
 * clean project
 * drop support for renderers,parsers, and responses
-* remove deprecated methods
\ No newline at end of file
+* remove deprecated methods
+
+0.1.7 (2023-08-19)
+------------------
+* pin requirements
+* use c extensions
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index c3fde43..045227c 100755
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ Overview
 drf-turbo is a drop-in serializer for Django REST Framework (DRF). drf-turbo serializers run around 7.75 times faster
 than what what you get from DRF's packaged serializer.
 
-**NOTE**: It is written in Cython, which is required to build this package.
-
 
 Requirements
 ------------
diff --git a/drf_turbo/__init__.py b/drf_turbo/__init__.py
index b930f59..8f50242 100755
--- a/drf_turbo/__init__.py
+++ b/drf_turbo/__init__.py
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 from drf_turbo.serializer import BaseSerializer, ModelSerializer, Serializer
 
 __author__ = """Michael Gendy"""
-__email__ = "mngback@gmail.com"
-__version__ = "0.1.6"
+__email__ = "nagymichel13@gmail.com"
+__version__ = "0.1.7"
 
 __all__ = [
     "BaseSerializer",
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3889ce1..a6e09ba 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -16,17 +16,15 @@
 
 setup(
     author="Michael Gendy",
-    author_email="mngback@gmail.com",
+    author_email="nagymichel13@gmail.com",
     python_requires=">=3.8, <3.10",
     classifiers=[
         "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
         "Intended Audience :: Developers",
         "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
         "Natural Language :: English",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     ],
     description="An alternative serializer implementation for REST framework written in cython built for speed.",
     install_requires=requirements,
@@ -38,7 +36,7 @@
     packages=find_packages(include=["drf_turbo", "drf_turbo.*"]),
     test_suite="tests",
     url="https://github.com/Mng-dev-ai/drf-turbo",
-    version="0.1.6",
+    version="0.1.7",
     zip_safe=False,
     ext_modules=[
         Extension(