diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 97830558c446a3e6718d68b8ba2cee7c033bd88d..ca1c51b5cddb51ff4f42bc26fa85a66bcefd8999 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13)
 
-set(libcaosdb_VERSION 0.0.17)
+set(libcaosdb_VERSION 0.0.18)
 set(libcaosdb_COMPATIBLE_SERVER_VERSION_MAJOR 0)
 set(libcaosdb_COMPATIBLE_SERVER_VERSION_MINOR 5)
 set(libcaosdb_COMPATIBLE_SERVER_VERSION_PATCH 0)
diff --git a/conanfile.py b/conanfile.py
index 7a712bbd99136c5054f7a8fedeee6fb5af5ce4f7..9c844fe71a6fe43d9e2eeffd4af17fbd14711aaa 100644
--- a/conanfile.py
+++ b/conanfile.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from conans import ConanFile, CMake, tools
 
 class CaosdbConan(ConanFile):
     name = "caosdb"
-    version = "0.0.17"
+    version = "0.0.18"
     license = "AGPL-3.0-or-later"
     author = "Timm C. Fitschen <t.fitschen@indiscale.com>"
     url = "https://gitlab.indiscale.com/caosdb/src/caosdb-cpplib.git"