diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 718b3b6..9e229ac 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Type: Package
 Package: SingleCellMultiModal
 Title: Integrating Multi-modal Single Cell Experiment datasets
-Version: 1.17.3
+Version: 1.17.4
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Marcel", "Ramos", , "marcel.ramos@roswellpark.org",
         c("aut", "cre"), c(ORCID = "0000-0002-3242-0582")
@@ -58,4 +58,4 @@ biocViews: ExperimentData, SingleCellData, ReproducibleResearch,
     ExperimentHub, GEO
 Encoding: UTF-8
 RoxygenNote: 7.2.3
-Date: 2024-06-18
+Date: 2024-10-17