diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bd3fe05c..8d765749 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ maintainers = [
 urls.Documentation = "https://spatialdata.readthedocs.io/"
 urls.Source = "https://github.com/scverse/spatialdata.git"
 urls.Home-page = "https://github.com/scverse/spatialdata.git"
-version = "0.0.1.dev0"
+version = "0.0.1.dev1"
 requires-python = ">=3.9"
 license = {file = "LICENSE"}
 readme = "README.md"