diff --git a/src/rpcclient/pyproject.toml b/src/rpcclient/pyproject.toml
index 50d0651f..121638d4 100644
--- a/src/rpcclient/pyproject.toml
+++ b/src/rpcclient/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "rpcclient"
-version = "3.17.1"
+version = "3.18.0"
 description = "rpcclient for connecting with the rpcserver"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.8"