diff --git a/chex/__init__.py b/chex/__init__.py
index b3827e20..d7f9e64e 100644
--- a/chex/__init__.py
+++ b/chex/__init__.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 from chex._src.variants import variants
 
 
-__version__ = "0.1.7"
+__version__ = "0.1.8"
 
 __all__ = (
     "all_variants",