diff --git a/mycroft/version/__init__.py b/mycroft/version/__init__.py
index 36574560c4..a4251fd578 100644
--- a/mycroft/version/__init__.py
+++ b/mycroft/version/__init__.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ from mycroft.util.log import LOG
 # START_VERSION_BLOCK
 CORE_VERSION_MAJOR = 0
 CORE_VERSION_MINOR = 9
-CORE_VERSION_BUILD = 17
+CORE_VERSION_BUILD = 18
 # END_VERSION_BLOCK
 
 CORE_VERSION_STR = (str(CORE_VERSION_MAJOR) + "." +