diff --git a/pytools/version.py b/pytools/version.py
index 4bbc2301d3cf9be32f8a7428830c1adba565dd43..922dd503cf5856279cfaadc1adedf45efb8b35cd 100644
--- a/pytools/version.py
+++ b/pytools/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-VERSION = (2017, 6)
+VERSION = (2018, 1)
 VERSION_STATUS = ""
 VERSION_TEXT = ".".join(str(x) for x in VERSION) + VERSION_STATUS