diff --git a/poethepoet/__version__.py b/poethepoet/__version__.py
index 1317d7554..e9fa21e95 100644
--- a/poethepoet/__version__.py
+++ b/poethepoet/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.18.0"
+__version__ = "0.18.1"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5c96b540c..d4d493d9f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name        = "poethepoet"
-version     = "0.18.0"
+version     = "0.18.1"
 description = "A task runner that works well with poetry."
 authors     = ["Nat Noordanus <n@natn.me>"]
 readme      = "README.rst"