diff --git a/MANUAL.md b/MANUAL.md
index 5645f44c8..b1bede6dc 100644
--- a/MANUAL.md
+++ b/MANUAL.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ title: hledger user manual
 
 # User manual
 
-Version: 0.18
+Version: 0.18.1
 
 ## Introduction
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index a4d2aceeb..249afd517 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.18
+0.18.1
diff --git a/hledger-lib/hledger-lib.cabal b/hledger-lib/hledger-lib.cabal
index 480c45dc8..3ccd4dbab 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/hledger-lib.cabal
+++ b/hledger-lib/hledger-lib.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:           hledger-lib
-version: 0.18
+version: 0.18.1
 category:       Finance
 synopsis:       Core data types, parsers and utilities for the hledger accounting tool.
 description:
diff --git a/hledger-web/hledger-web.cabal b/hledger-web/hledger-web.cabal
index a6c289846..05209fc07 100644
--- a/hledger-web/hledger-web.cabal
+++ b/hledger-web/hledger-web.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:           hledger-web
-version: 0.18
+version: 0.18.1
 category:       Finance
 synopsis:       A web interface for the hledger accounting tool.
 description:    
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@ executable         hledger-web
                      Hledger.Web.Handlers
 
     build-depends:
-                     hledger == 0.18
-                   , hledger-lib == 0.18
+                     hledger == 0.18.1
+                   , hledger-lib == 0.18.1
                    , base                          >= 4          && < 5
                    , cabal-file-th
                    , cmdargs >= 0.9.1   && < 0.10
diff --git a/hledger/hledger.cabal b/hledger/hledger.cabal
index 2ee6a76c3..bf80ca849 100644
--- a/hledger/hledger.cabal
+++ b/hledger/hledger.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:           hledger
-version: 0.18
+version: 0.18.1
 category:       Finance
 synopsis:       The main command-line interface for the hledger accounting tool.
 description:
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ library
                   Hledger.Cli.Stats
   -- should be the same as below
   build-depends:
-                  hledger-lib == 0.18
+                  hledger-lib == 0.18.1
                  ,base >= 3 && < 5
                  ,cabal-file-th
                  ,containers
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ executable hledger
        ghc-options:   -threaded
  -- should be the same as above
   build-depends:
-                  hledger-lib == 0.18
+                  hledger-lib == 0.18.1
                  ,base >= 3 && < 5
                  ,cabal-file-th
                  ,containers