diff --git a/sumpy/version.py b/sumpy/version.py
index e3df92b88d8957c189fcb35732ff3367c765d324..97d6e94e2ed589c3909cf397fb480ed28b834da6 100644
--- a/sumpy/version.py
+++ b/sumpy/version.py
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ VERSION = (2016, 1)
 VERSION_STATUS = "beta1"
 VERSION_TEXT = ".".join(str(x) for x in VERSION) + VERSION_STATUS
 
-KERNEL_VERSION = 17
+KERNEL_VERSION = 18