diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 66d37ea..fbfe56a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # MARK: Project info
 [project]
 name = "corelibs"
-version = "0.12.2"
+version = "0.12.3"
 description = "Collection of utils for Python scripts"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.13"
diff --git a/src/corelibs/iterator_handling/dict_helpers.py b/src/corelibs/iterator_handling/dict_helpers.py
index 89529f1..fe70d50 100644
--- a/src/corelibs/iterator_handling/dict_helpers.py
+++ b/src/corelibs/iterator_handling/dict_helpers.py
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ Dict helpers
 """
 
 
+from typing import Any
+
+
 def mask(
     data_set: dict[str, str],
     mask_keys: list[str] | None = None,
@@ -34,4 +37,22 @@ def mask(
         for key, value in data_set.items()
     }
 
+
+def set_entry(dict_set: dict[str, Any], key: str, value_set: Any) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """
+    set a new entry in the dict set
+
+    Arguments:
+        key {str} -- _description_
+        dict_set {dict[str, Any]} -- _description_
+        value_set {Any} -- _description_
+
+    Returns:
+        dict[str, Any] -- _description_
+    """
+    if not dict_set.get(key):
+        dict_set[key] = {}
+    dict_set[key] = value_set
+    return dict_set
+
 # __END__