diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5713d61..8916c51 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
-AC_INIT([guile-a-sync], [0.17])
+AC_INIT([guile-a-sync], [0.18])
 
 dnl Require autoconf 2.59c or greater for docdir and htmldir
 AC_PREREQ(2.59c)