diff --git a/xonsh/__init__.py b/xonsh/__init__.py
index 1317d7554..e9fa21e95 100644
--- a/xonsh/__init__.py
+++ b/xonsh/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.18.0"
+__version__ = "0.18.1"