diff --git a/packages/vaex-core/vaex/core/_version.py b/packages/vaex-core/vaex/core/_version.py
index 9cb4d15965..4ae5632e24 100644
--- a/packages/vaex-core/vaex/core/_version.py
+++ b/packages/vaex-core/vaex/core/_version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-__version_tuple__ = (4, 17, 1)
-__version__ = '4.17.1'
+__version_tuple__ = (4, 18, 0)
+__version__ = '4.18.0'
diff --git a/packages/vaex/setup.py b/packages/vaex/setup.py
index 7b103103a0..df2a90efba 100644
--- a/packages/vaex/setup.py
+++ b/packages/vaex/setup.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 url = 'https://www.github.com/vaexio/vaex'
 
 install_requires = [
-      'vaex-core~=4.17.1',
+      'vaex-core~=4.18.0',
       'vaex-astro>=0.9.3,<0.10',
       'vaex-hdf5>=0.13.0,<0.15',
       'vaex-viz>=0.5.4,<0.6',