diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index b4a631ba6..4e05fb2ee 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## 1.1.7
+- hot fix for dataclasses not being supported in 3.6. Use namedtuple instead.
+
 ## 1.1.6 
 
 - GATK ApplyBQSRSpark: avoid StreamClosed issue with GATK 4.1+
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5bcecff54..407474c1b 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import os
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
-version = "1.1.6"
+version = "1.1.7"
 
 def write_version_py():
     version_py = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'bcbio', 'pipeline',