diff --git a/cobra/__init__.py b/cobra/__init__.py
index 94aa3d8b8..3aa33f87b 100644
--- a/cobra/__init__.py
+++ b/cobra/__init__.py
@@ -41,4 +41,4 @@ def _warn_format(message, category, filename, lineno, file=None, line=None):
 from cobra import sampling
 from cobra.util import show_versions
 
-__version__ = "0.18.0"
+__version__ = "0.18.1"
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 6873b291d..52d33ecbf 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.18.0
+current_version = 0.18.1
 commit = True
 tag = True
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c7dfeef3a..34dbf58e7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     setup(
         name="cobra",
-        version="0.18.0",
+        version="0.18.1",
         packages=find_packages(),
         setup_requires=setup_requirements,
         install_requires=[