diff --git a/bin/version b/bin/version
index 2f59efbcdcf79da6b71666760df85251742dc1ae..7df6921e5a306a511a4a095634d424674e880d18 100755
--- a/bin/version
+++ b/bin/version
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-VERSION="v0.17.0-snapshot"
+VERSION="v0.18.0-snapshot"
 
 # dynamically pull more interesting stuff from latest git commit
 HASH=$(git show-ref --head --hash=7 head)            # first 7 letters of hash should be enough; that's what GitHub uses