diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 380e5a11..9cc075f6 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.1.17
+current_version = 0.1.18
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)
 serialize = 
 	{major}.{minor}.{patch}
diff --git a/docker/syftbox.dockerfile b/docker/syftbox.dockerfile
index f4554a7c..36e2fa5e 100644
--- a/docker/syftbox.dockerfile
+++ b/docker/syftbox.dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ FROM cgr.dev/chainguard/wolfi-base
 
 ARG PYTHON_VERSION="3.12"
 ARG UV_VERSION="0.4.20-r0"
-ARG SYFT_VERSION="0.1.17"
+ARG SYFT_VERSION="0.1.18"
 
 RUN apk update && apk upgrade && \
     apk add --no-cache python-$PYTHON_VERSION uv=$UV_VERSION
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a504f259..65898bd6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "syftbox"
-version = "0.1.17"
+version = "0.1.18"
 description = "Add your description here"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.9"
diff --git a/syftbox/__version__.py b/syftbox/__version__.py
index b2d27bde..162828c3 100644
--- a/syftbox/__version__.py
+++ b/syftbox/__version__.py
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@
 __title__ = "SyftBox"
 __description__ = ""
 __url__ = "https://openmined.org"
-__version__ = "0.1.17"
+__version__ = "0.1.18"
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index c6a573f5..641bb2e8 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1713,7 +1713,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syftbox"
-version = "0.1.17"
+version = "0.1.18"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "apscheduler" },