diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index e243f3441..358a21dfa 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.18.0
+current_version = 0.18.1
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/janitor/__init__.py b/janitor/__init__.py
index 87e71383f..666ef1535 100644
--- a/janitor/__init__.py
+++ b/janitor/__init__.py
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 # from .dataframe import JanitorDataFrame as DataFrame  # noqa: F401
 # from .dataframe import JanitorSeries as Series  # noqa: F401
 
-__version__ = "0.18.0"
+__version__ = "0.18.1"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 606f051ff..7a237a040 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def generate_long_description() -> str:
 
 setup(
     name="pyjanitor",
-    version="0.18.0",
+    version="0.18.1",
     description="Tools for cleaning pandas DataFrames",
     author="Eric J. Ma",
     author_email="ericmajinglong@gmail.com",