diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 7b4d9a4f..ccff224b 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.10.6
+1.10.7
diff --git a/entity-api-spec.yaml b/entity-api-spec.yaml
index dc35cbb2..e26911b9 100644
--- a/entity-api-spec.yaml
+++ b/entity-api-spec.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 openapi: 3.0.0
 info:
   description: 'The SenNet Entity API is a standard RESTful web service with create, update and read operations for the standard SenNet provenance graph entities.'
-  version: 1.10.6
+  version: 1.10.7
   title: SenNet Entity API
   contact:
     name: SenNet Help Desk
diff --git a/src/schema/schema_triggers.py b/src/schema/schema_triggers.py
index a4aaf8dc..9e86556c 100644
--- a/src/schema/schema_triggers.py
+++ b/src/schema/schema_triggers.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import ast
 import json
 import logging
 import re
@@ -1642,7 +1643,8 @@ def get_source_mapped_metadata(
         raise schema_errors.InvalidPropertyRequirementsException(msg)
 
     if not isinstance(existing_data_dict["metadata"], dict):
-        metadata = json.loads(existing_data_dict["metadata"].replace("'", '"'))
+        metadata = ast.literal_eval(existing_data_dict["metadata"])
+        # metadata = json.loads(existing_data_dict["metadata"].replace("'", '"'))
     else:
         metadata = existing_data_dict["metadata"]