diff --git a/galaxy.yml b/galaxy.yml
index 2ffe6e9..c538ff3 100644
--- a/galaxy.yml
+++ b/galaxy.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ tags: [
   hpe,
   datacenter
 ]
-version: 1.6.0
+version: 1.7.0
 authors:
   - "Ti Chiapuzio-Wong"
   - "Sunil Veeramachaneni"
diff --git a/plugins/action/arubaoss.py b/plugins/action/arubaoss.py
index 3d4e91c..bd681b1 100644
--- a/plugins/action/arubaoss.py
+++ b/plugins/action/arubaoss.py
@@ -44,11 +44,13 @@ def run(self, tmp=None, task_vars=None):
 
             display.vvvv('connection transport is %s for %s'
                          % (transport, self._play_context.remote_addr))
-            if not provider.get('api_version') is None:
+            if provider.get('api_version') != "None":
                 api = provider.get('api_version')
                 if api not in ['v1.0', 'v2.0', 'v2.1', 'v2.2',
                                'v3.0', 'v3.1', 'v4.0', 'v5.0']:
-                    provider['api_version'] = None
+                    # Latest API version is discovered in another
+                    # function - this is a backup in case failure
+                    provider['api_version'] = "v6.0"
                     display.vvvv('%s is not valid api version.'
                                  'using aossapi v6.0 instead' % api)
                 else: