diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9ab259d..8678b3e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "pythonbpf"
-version = "0.1.6"
+version = "0.1.7"
 description = "Reduced Python frontend for eBPF"
 authors = [
   { name = "r41k0u", email="pragyanshchaturvedi18@gmail.com" },
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 
 dependencies = [
-  "llvmlite",
+  "llvmlite>=0.45",
   "astpretty",
   "pylibbpf"
 ]
diff --git a/pythonbpf/codegen.py b/pythonbpf/codegen.py
index e22b7bd..32eb587 100644
--- a/pythonbpf/codegen.py
+++ b/pythonbpf/codegen.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import re
 
 logger: Logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-VERSION = "v0.1.6"
+VERSION = "v0.1.7"
 
 
 def finalize_module(original_str):