diff --git a/deploy/pins.cfg b/deploy/pins.cfg
index 829d9d2b17..fb954c9c79 100644
--- a/deploy/pins.cfg
+++ b/deploy/pins.cfg
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ bootstrap_python = 3.14
 python = 3.14
 geometric_features = 1.6.3
 mache = 3.6.0
-mpas_tools = 1.5.1
+mpas_tools = 1.6.0
 otps = 2021.10
 parallelio = 2.6.9
 
diff --git a/polaris/version.py b/polaris/version.py
index f9cc6674a0..32cb1d9fd8 100644
--- a/polaris/version.py
+++ b/polaris/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '1.0.0-alpha.6'
+__version__ = '1.0.0-alpha.7'