diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7c62e66..ace92ff 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2769,7 +2769,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "encointer-collator"
-version = "1.7.5"
+version = "1.7.6"
 dependencies = [
  "assert_cmd",
  "async-trait",
diff --git a/node/Cargo.toml b/node/Cargo.toml
index 2353526..dd19073 100644
--- a/node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/node/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "encointer-collator"
 # align major.minor revision with the polkadot-sdk release. bump patch revision ad lib. make this the github release tag
-version = "1.7.5"
+version = "1.7.6"
 authors = ["Encointer <info@encointer.org>"]
 build = "build.rs"
 edition = "2021"