diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 8d5cd85..38f510f 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "rascal",
-  "version": "18.0.0",
+  "version": "18.0.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "rascal",
-      "version": "18.0.0",
+      "version": "18.0.1",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "async": "^3.2.4",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 85d19f1..24a6e63 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "rascal",
-  "version": "18.0.0",
+  "version": "18.0.1",
   "description": "A config driven wrapper for amqplib supporting multi-host connections, automatic error recovery, redelivery flood protection, transparent encryption / decryption,  channel pooling and publication timeouts",
   "main": "index.js",
   "dependencies": {