diff --git a/msgcenterpy/__init__.py b/msgcenterpy/__init__.py
index fbee3f7..0ecf182 100644
--- a/msgcenterpy/__init__.py
+++ b/msgcenterpy/__init__.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ A multi-format message conversion system supporting seamless conversion
 between ROS2, Pydantic, Dataclass, JSON, Dict, YAML and JSON Schema.
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.1.7"
+__version__ = "0.1.8"
 __license__ = "Apache-2.0"
 
 from msgcenterpy.core.envelope import MessageEnvelope, create_envelope
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6361d5d..a776c3e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ skips = ["B101", "B601"]
 # ── Version management ────────────────────────────────────────
 
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "0.1.7"
+current_version = "0.1.8"
 commit = true
 tag = true
 push = true