diff --git a/tpot2/_version.py b/tpot2/_version.py
index bb1511da..e4b865d9 100644
--- a/tpot2/_version.py
+++ b/tpot2/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '0.1.7a0'
+__version__ = '0.1.8a0'