diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index da8c329..816e858 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.1.18] - 2021-03-30
+* some API improvements
+
 ## [0.1.17] - 2021-03-30
 * simplified maigret search API
 * improved documentation
diff --git a/maigret/maigret.py b/maigret/maigret.py
index c6781a1..ac4c846 100755
--- a/maigret/maigret.py
+++ b/maigret/maigret.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ from .sites import MaigretDatabase
 from .submit import submit_dialog
 from .utils import get_dict_ascii_tree
 
-__version__ = '0.1.17'
+__version__ = '0.1.18'
 
 
 async def main():
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 48007bf..168db4d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ with open('requirements.txt') as rf:
     requires = rf.read().splitlines()
 
 setup(name='maigret',
-      version='0.1.17',
+      version='0.1.18',
       description='Collect a dossier on a person by username from a huge number of sites',
       long_description=long_description,
       long_description_content_type="text/markdown",