diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 3835578..42b3ecc 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.0.0b6
+current_version = 1.0.0b7
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)b?(?P<beta>\d*)\.?(dev)?(?P<dev>\d*)
 serialize = 
 	{major}.{minor}.{patch}b{beta}.dev{dev}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 568c6d2..12005ca 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -54,10 +54,16 @@ The latest package tarballs are here:
 
 | Version | Date       | Install                                                         |
 |---------|------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-| 1.0.0b6 | 03/03/2018 | `pip install git+https://github.com/welchr/swiss.git@v1.0.0b6`  |
+| 1.0.0b7 | 03/03/2018 | `pip install git+https://github.com/welchr/swiss.git@v1.0.0b7`  |
 
 ## Changes
 
+1.0.0b7 - 03/03/2018
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+* Fix issue when installing latest version of bx-python requiring python-lzo which does not install nicely. There is now a requirements.txt with versions pinned.
+
 1.0.0b6 - 03/03/2018
 
 Bug fixes:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 00a22b1..abe6115 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 setup(
   name = "swiss",
-  version = "1.0.0b6",
+  version = "1.0.0b7",
   author = "Ryan Welch",
   author_email = "welchr@umich.edu",
 
diff --git a/swiss/main.py b/swiss/main.py
index 0f75502..a5bee75 100644
--- a/swiss/main.py
+++ b/swiss/main.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 from swiss.conf.writer import write_conf
 
 PROG_NAME = "Swiss"
-PROG_VERSION = "1.0.0b6"
+PROG_VERSION = "1.0.0b7"
 PROG_AUTHOR = "Ryan Welch (welchr@umich.edu)"
 PROG_URL = "https://github.com/welchr/Swiss"
 DATA_URL = "https://portaldev.sph.umich.edu/swiss/swiss_data_{}.tar.gz".format(PROG_VERSION)