diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 74622c2be..e006d997a 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.17.0
+current_version = 0.18.0
 commit = True
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)(?:-(?P<prerel>rc)\.(?P<prerelversion>\d+))?
 serialize = 
diff --git a/backend/server/__init__.py b/backend/server/__init__.py
index 669a4f35f..4f332f1cb 100644
--- a/backend/server/__init__.py
+++ b/backend/server/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import sys
 from backend.common.utils.utils import import_plugins
 
-__version__ = "0.17.0"
+__version__ = "0.18.0"
 display_version = "cellxgene v" + __version__
 
 try:
diff --git a/client/package.json b/client/package.json
index 40c031d61..e014ad346 100644
--- a/client/package.json
+++ b/client/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "cellxgene",
-  "version": "0.17.0",
+  "version": "0.18.0",
   "license": "MIT",
   "description": "cellxgene is a web application for the interactive exploration of single cell sequence data.",
   "repository": "https://github.com/chanzuckerberg/cellxgene",
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9c2d5dba4..89f3e2d49 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="cellxgene",
-    version="0.17.0",
+    version="0.18.0",
     packages=find_packages(),
     url="https://github.com/chanzuckerberg/cellxgene",
     license="MIT",