diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index c946ee6..1180819 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.1.6
+0.1.7
diff --git a/vktrs/utils.py b/vktrs/utils.py
index 8a82b0c..1c9ddd7 100644
--- a/vktrs/utils.py
+++ b/vktrs/utils.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import string
 import subprocess
 import textwrap
+import time
 
 import pandas as pd
 from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont