diff --git a/ovos_utils/version.py b/ovos_utils/version.py
index b13a88b..547c309 100644
--- a/ovos_utils/version.py
+++ b/ovos_utils/version.py
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 VERSION_MAJOR = 0
 VERSION_MINOR = 1
 VERSION_BUILD = 0
-VERSION_ALPHA = 17
+VERSION_ALPHA = 18
 # END_VERSION_BLOCK