diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index b399b0480..846379c68 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 2.1.0-beta.6
+current_version = 2.1.0-beta.7
 commit = True
 tag = True
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)(-(?P<stage>[^.]*)\.(?P<devnum>\d+))?
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 6d392f501..492ad7287 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ author = 'NuCypher'
 # The short X.Y version
 version = ''
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = '2.1.0-beta.6'
+release = '2.1.0-beta.7'
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/nucypher/__about__.py b/nucypher/__about__.py
index 6454aa2ad..7efbe7e31 100644
--- a/nucypher/__about__.py
+++ b/nucypher/__about__.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ __url__ = "https://github.com/nucypher/nucypher"
 
 __summary__ = 'A proxy re-encryption network to empower privacy in decentralized systems.'
 
-__version__ = "2.1.0-beta.6"
+__version__ = "2.1.0-beta.7"
 
 __author__ = "NuCypher"