diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 02971bfe5a1f876bb8f9a0bca95421bebbc38439..df4f9dcaca694761a4ef9f73a7d3776f15a0084d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 setup(
     name='brian-polling-manager',
-    version="0.17",
+    version="0.18",
     author='GEANT',
     author_email='swd@geant.org',
     description='service for managing BRIAN polling checks',