diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index bea0632f340f7813f2c2d02e0f61d64887db2d4f..cea94b9f3396efa19040c4df0e8155372f170b82 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ Requirements
 Download
 ........
 
-The latest release is tagged **v1.0.6** and is available as a source package
+The latest release is tagged **v1.0.7** and is available as a source package
 at `<https://github.com/information-field-theory/nifty/tags>`_. The current
 version can be obtained by cloning the repository::
 
diff --git a/lm/__init__.py b/lm/__init__.py
index aee1fbc0443d9345ab6cda5b16da6d729366cf30..05922e676692c740be17ff30fbc8524b178d6b3f 100644
--- a/lm/__init__.py
+++ b/lm/__init__.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ try:
 except(ImportError):
     try:
         import healpy as hp
-        if lv(hp.__version__) <= lv('1.8.1'):
+        if lv(hp.__version__) < lv('1.8.1'):
             raise ImportError(about._errors.cprint("ERROR: installed healpy version is older than 1.8.1!"))
     except(ImportError):
         about.infos.cprint("INFO: neither libsharp_wrapper_gl nor healpy available.")
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ except(ImportError):
 else:
     try:
         import healpy as hp
-        if lv(hp.__version__) <= lv('1.8.1'):
+        if lv(hp.__version__) < lv('1.8.1'):
             raise ImportError(about._errors.cprint("ERROR: installed healpy version is older than 1.8.1!"))
     except(ImportError):
         from nifty_lm import lm_space,gl_space ## import lm & gl
diff --git a/nifty_core.py b/nifty_core.py
index 6dff6f455f0d66b55fa3c4468a35b630e03f5a25..ce745c058e6ed6e39d5e431dd330cc1a5306d7be 100644
--- a/nifty_core.py
+++ b/nifty_core.py
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ from multiprocessing import Value as mv
 from multiprocessing import Array as ma
 from nifty_mpi_data import distributed_data_object
 
-__version__ = "1.0.6"
+__version__ = "1.0.7"
 
 
 pi = 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078164062862089986280348253421170679