diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 96a2c0c..04da7c4 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.1.7
+current_version = 0.1.8
 commit = True
 tag = True
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)
diff --git a/prototorch/models/__init__.py b/prototorch/models/__init__.py
index ea057da..05f0672 100644
--- a/prototorch/models/__init__.py
+++ b/prototorch/models/__init__.py
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ from .probabilistic import CELVQ, PLVQ, RSLVQ, SLVQ
 from .unsupervised import GrowingNeuralGas, HeskesSOM, KohonenSOM, NeuralGas
 from .vis import *
 
-__version__ = "0.1.7"
+__version__ = "0.1.8"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 451ec1b..f363808 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ ALL = CLI + DEV + DOCS + EXAMPLES + TESTS
 
 setup(
     name=safe_name("prototorch_" + PLUGIN_NAME),
-    version="0.1.7",
+    version="0.1.8",
     description="Pre-packaged prototype-based "
     "machine learning models using ProtoTorch and PyTorch-Lightning.",
     long_description=long_description,