diff --git a/flatland/__init__.py b/flatland/__init__.py
index 74f8368d8a19dd7eb1ad36a501c81805ef975133..2f8418acb5e7bf390d8672cc69fa2e83f4ba39ae 100644
--- a/flatland/__init__.py
+++ b/flatland/__init__.py
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 
 __author__ = """S.P. Mohanty"""
 __email__ = 'mohanty@aicrowd.com'
-__version__ = '2.1.7'
+__version__ = '2.1.8'
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 69077d856c45cf863dc0ff976c6b5ed32bf93330..c7e2e7b21ea911d987002a14a5f8b9a3e6cefe65 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 2.1.7
+current_version = 2.1.8
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0b6cf7c5f0f04065ecab0d712c74b050f7069385..984bba4d1b7786bfd274222087abcdbadaf2b935 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -80,6 +80,6 @@ setup(
     test_suite='tests',
     tests_require=test_requirements,
     url='https://gitlab.aicrowd.com/flatland/flatland',
-    version='2.1.7',
+    version='2.1.8',
     zip_safe=False,
 )