diff --git a/sqlmodel/__init__.py b/sqlmodel/__init__.py
index aa108fefe9..39a8d46418 100644
--- a/sqlmodel/__init__.py
+++ b/sqlmodel/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "0.0.17"
+__version__ = "0.0.18.dev1"
 
 # Re-export from SQLAlchemy
 from sqlalchemy.engine import create_engine as create_engine