diff --git a/crates/nostr/Cargo.toml b/crates/nostr/Cargo.toml
index 6f7b5d77e..8f053ea4a 100644
--- a/crates/nostr/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/nostr/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "nostr"
-version = "0.17.0"
+version = "0.18.0"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Rust implementation of the Nostr protocol."
 authors = ["Yuki Kishimoto <yukikishimoto@proton.me>"]
diff --git a/crates/nostr/README.md b/crates/nostr/README.md
index 36cf30f75..d13f5c517 100644
--- a/crates/nostr/README.md
+++ b/crates/nostr/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ If you're writing a typical Nostr client or bot, you may be interested in [nostr
 
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
-nostr = "0.17"
+nostr = "0.18"
 tungstenite = { version = "0.18", features = ["rustls-tls-webpki-roots"]}
 ```