diff --git a/application/package.json b/application/package.json
index 09b86498c45f2a3ed5b425f010ff52864194a113..cd05262b9150dfb143b129fd8ce37ed540d0801a 100644
--- a/application/package.json
+++ b/application/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@schukai/monster",
-  "version": "3.17.0",
+  "version": "3.18.0",
   "description": "Monster is a simple library for creating fast, robust and lightweight websites.",
   "keywords": [
     "framework",
diff --git a/application/source/types/version.mjs b/application/source/types/version.mjs
index 671aaba7a9538cb242b30021d033f15ea42eb89a..2661b1f2a7172ce56a8d65be3503ccc3e595f8b8 100644
--- a/application/source/types/version.mjs
+++ b/application/source/types/version.mjs
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ function getMonsterVersion() {
     }
 
     /** don't touch, replaced by make with package.json version */
-    monsterVersion = new Version("3.17.0");
+    monsterVersion = new Version("3.18.0");
 
     return monsterVersion;
 }
diff --git a/development/package.json b/development/package.json
index 65ab785b43138062d462871704f519ed36ed6399..a0832b0500fe8a977f512067a373503bead88672 100644
--- a/development/package.json
+++ b/development/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "monster",
-  "version": "3.17.0",
+  "version": "3.18.0",
   "description": "monster",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/development/test/cases/monster.mjs b/development/test/cases/monster.mjs
index 8fac4214d20c3aa8cc9dec6f1be609e8ea735df3..f4ab17f2dd0a3b60daad4b60a985dc542610e20d 100644
--- a/development/test/cases/monster.mjs
+++ b/development/test/cases/monster.mjs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ describe('Monster', function () {
         let monsterVersion
 
         /** don´t touch, replaced by make with package.json version */
-        monsterVersion = new Version("3.17.0")
+        monsterVersion = new Version("3.18.0")
 
         let m = getMonsterVersion();