diff --git a/src/rich_click/__init__.py b/src/rich_click/__init__.py
index ae25d41b..1f74ab52 100644
--- a/src/rich_click/__init__.py
+++ b/src/rich_click/__init__.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 customisation required.
 """
 
-__version__ = "1.7.0"
+__version__ = "1.7.0dev1"
 
 # Import the entire click API here.
 # We need to manually import these instead of `from click import *` to force mypy to recognize a few type annotation overrides for the rich_click decorators.
diff --git a/src/rich_click/decorators.py b/src/rich_click/decorators.py
index f806c9da..7a2e93fb 100644
--- a/src/rich_click/decorators.py
+++ b/src/rich_click/decorators.py
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 customisation required.
 """
 
-__version__ = "1.7.0dev"
-
 from typing import Any, Callable, cast, Dict, Optional, overload, Type, TYPE_CHECKING, TypeVar, Union
 
 from click import Command