diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 90cf4c6..51f8a5d 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.18.0-3
+current_version = 0.18.1
 commit = True
 tag = False
 sign_tags = True
diff --git a/gremlinapi/util.py b/gremlinapi/util.py
index 5983038..7c1f506 100644
--- a/gremlinapi/util.py
+++ b/gremlinapi/util.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 log = logging.getLogger("GremlinAPI.client")
 
-_version = "0.18.0-3"
+_version = "0.18.1"
 
 
 def get_version():