diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 620e36d..16388ab 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aob-lemmy-bot"
-version = "2.1.6"
+version = "2.1.7-rc.1"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "confy",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 32ecc63..6bcec23 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 authors = ["Neshura"]
 name = "aob-lemmy-bot"
-version = "2.1.6"
+version = "2.1.7-rc.1"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Bot for automatically posting new chapters of 'Ascendance of a Bookworm' released by J-Novel Club"
 license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"