diff --git a/lamindb/__init__.py b/lamindb/__init__.py
index 0b168c8f7..126599ae1 100644
--- a/lamindb/__init__.py
+++ b/lamindb/__init__.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.69.5"  # denote a release candidate for 0.1.0 with 0.1rc1
+__version__ = "0.69.6"  # denote a release candidate for 0.1.0 with 0.1rc1
 
 import os as _os