diff --git a/mmpose/version.py b/mmpose/version.py
index d7ef8f8228..6aff303082 100644
--- a/mmpose/version.py
+++ b/mmpose/version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Copyright (c) Open-MMLab. All rights reserved.
 
-__version__ = '0.17.0'
+__version__ = '0.18.0'
 short_version = __version__