diff --git a/packaging/installer/netx.iss b/packaging/installer/netx.iss
index 7691393..d630e0e 100644
--- a/packaging/installer/netx.iss
+++ b/packaging/installer/netx.iss
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 #define MyAppName "NetX"
 #ifndef MyAppVersion
-  #define MyAppVersion "0.4.17"
+  #define MyAppVersion "0.4.18"
 #endif
 #define MyAppPublisher "NetX"
 #define MyAppURL "https://github.com/hansjone/netx"
diff --git a/packaging/manifest.example.json b/packaging/manifest.example.json
index b8f9759..ff24d0d 100644
--- a/packaging/manifest.example.json
+++ b/packaging/manifest.example.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
   "channel": "stable",
-  "latest": "0.4.17",
+  "latest": "0.4.18",
   "min_compatible": "0.3.0",
-  "notes_url": "https://github.com/hansjone/netx/releases/tag/v0.4.17",
+  "notes_url": "https://github.com/hansjone/netx/releases/tag/v0.4.18",
   "windows": {
-    "url": "https://github.com/hansjone/netx/releases/download/v0.4.17/NetX-Setup-0.4.17.exe",
-    "setup_url": "https://github.com/hansjone/netx/releases/download/v0.4.17/NetX-Setup-0.4.17.exe",
+    "url": "https://github.com/hansjone/netx/releases/download/v0.4.18/NetX-Setup-0.4.18.exe",
+    "setup_url": "https://github.com/hansjone/netx/releases/download/v0.4.18/NetX-Setup-0.4.18.exe",
     "package": "setup",
     "sha256": "",
     "size": 0
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a02bdb0..1dd9858 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "netx-ops"
-version = "0.4.17"
+version = "0.4.18"
 description = "netx operations tool: alarm-centric workflows with REST API and stdio MCP"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"