diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 13de5d6f..5557caea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ All variables which can be overridden are stored in [defaults/main.yml](defaults
 
 | Name           | Default Value | Description                        |
 | -------------- | ------------- | -----------------------------------|
-| `prometheus_version` | 2.18.0 | Prometheus package version. Also accepts `latest` as parameter. Only prometheus 2.x is supported |
+| `prometheus_version` | 2.18.1 | Prometheus package version. Also accepts `latest` as parameter. Only prometheus 2.x is supported |
 | `prometheus_skip_install` | false | Prometheus installation tasks gets skipped when set to true. |
 | `prometheus_binary_local_dir` | "" | Allows to use local packages instead of ones distributed on github. As parameter it takes a directory where `prometheus` AND `promtool` binaries are stored on host on which ansible is ran. This overrides `prometheus_version` parameter |
 | `prometheus_config_dir` | /etc/prometheus | Path to directory with prometheus configuration |
diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 3337430d..b79ce216 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-prometheus_version: 2.18.0
+prometheus_version: 2.18.1
 prometheus_binary_local_dir: ''
 prometheus_skip_install: false