diff --git a/dtaidistance/__init__.py b/dtaidistance/__init__.py
index e4148a3b..71dabfca 100644
--- a/dtaidistance/__init__.py
+++ b/dtaidistance/__init__.py
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@
                    "then run `cd {};python3 setup.py build_ext --inplace`.".format(dtaidistance_dir))
     dtw_c = None
 
-__version__ = "0.1.7"
+__version__ = "0.1.8"