diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index f595cca7..c63a35cc 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 project = "LOTUS"
 copyright = "2024, Liana Patel, Siddharth Jha, Carlos Guestrin, Matei Zaharia"
 author = "Liana Patel, Siddharth Jha, Carlos Guestrin, Matei Zaharia"
-release = "0.2.0"
+release = "0.2.1"
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
 # https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#general-configuration
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 72c7b7cd..b559911a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "lotus-ai"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.1"
 description = "lotus"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [
@@ -67,6 +67,3 @@ line-ending = "auto"
 [tool.ruff.lint.per-file-ignores]
 "**/{docs}/*" = ["ALL"]
 "**__init__.py" = ["ALL"]
-
-[tool.setuptools]
-packages = ["lotus"]
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