diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index a21d2f64e5e46387dfcf7c53aa5959e14d9ce59d..fd95ec33bf6f7485f0ac67aae6f147fcfe31ada5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Changelog for package rosjava_bootstrap
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-0.1.17 (2014-02-09)
+0.1.18 (2014-02-09)
 -------------------
 * set default maven repo if variable is empty and bugfix dynamic property warnings.
 * Contributors: Daniel Stonier
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index b51a82f3ad54f11b1b226cb39d96cdbe63467419..a006b1465831f4de0c24a5000cc0901453965bc8 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ project.ext {
 
 allprojects {
   group='org.ros.rosjava_bootstrap'
-  version = '0.1.16'
+  version = '0.1.18'
 }
 
 subprojects {
diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index 64b382d48eeb312ba12259d374f069c95fd893c5..83e62366ee382b5c0a1619fb1c84405ddab28036 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <package>
   <name>rosjava_bootstrap</name>
-  <version>0.1.17</version>
+  <version>0.1.18</version>
   <description>
     Bootstrap utilities for rosjava builds.
   </description>