diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index b5eb8068985bcfde5479ecab9e2ac31675df84be..ee73112daff0f51321563660ef10b879c98e8fea 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ project.ext {
 
 allprojects {
   group='org.ros.rosjava_bootstrap'
-  version = '0.1.7'
+  version = '0.1.8'
 }
 
 subprojects {
diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index 8f9cc5f4c14cc6d85d72285774285e0af6291887..d1c9dfd10cec5407d382b10c9ec30b526f25a79b 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <package>
   <name>rosjava_bootstrap</name>
-  <version>0.1.7</version>
+  <version>0.1.8</version>
   <description>
     Bootstrap utilities for rosjava builds.
   </description>