diff --git a/dcicutils/scripts/publish_to_pypi.py b/dcicutils/scripts/publish_to_pypi.py
index 8486efacd..a08344996 100644
--- a/dcicutils/scripts/publish_to_pypi.py
+++ b/dcicutils/scripts/publish_to_pypi.py
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ def verify_unstaged_changes() -> bool:
     """
     If the current git repo has NO unstaged changes then returns True,
     otherwise prints an error message and returns False. HOWEVER, we DO
-    allow unstaged changes to just the file gitinfo.json if such exists; to 
+    allow unstaged changes to just the file gitinfo.json if such exists; to
     allow GitHub Actions to update with latest git (repo, branch, commit) info.
     """
     git_diff_results, _ = execute_command("git diff --name-only")
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d02b8cdf0..7646c705c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "dcicutils"
-version = "8.7.0.1b1"  # TODO: To become 8.7.1
+version = "8.7.0.1b2"  # TODO: To become 8.7.1
 description = "Utility package for interacting with the 4DN Data Portal and other 4DN resources"
 authors = ["4DN-DCIC Team <support@4dnucleome.org>"]
 license = "MIT"