diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 90a27f9ce..af0b7ddbf 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.0.5
+1.0.6
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ab9a5487d..620d12cbc 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 [project]
 name = "mlcflow"
 version = "1.0.7"
+
 description = "An automation interface for ML applications"
 authors = [
     { name = "MLCommons", email = "systems@mlcommons.org" }