diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 99476975a2..a9e5d70107 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.3.0-alpha.17
+current_version = 0.3.0-alpha.18
 commit = True
 tag = True
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)(-(?P<stage>[^.]*)\.(?P<devnum>\d+))?
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ values =
 [bumpversion:file:setup.py]
 search = version='{current_version}',
 replace = version='{new_version}',
+
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3bf9503f7e..67dea4ccc2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 setup(
     name='py-evm',
     # *IMPORTANT*: Don't manually change the version here. Use the 'bumpversion' utility.
-    version='0.3.0-alpha.17',
+    version='0.3.0-alpha.18',
     description='Python implementation of the Ethereum Virtual Machine',
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',