diff --git a/api/funkwhale_api/__init__.py b/api/funkwhale_api/__init__.py
index 7ad37d53d6cf358d4d1bc02595cbbe57ced11b82..5c6c7cec794b990b94102029318ee15200aecba5 100644
--- a/api/funkwhale_api/__init__.py
+++ b/api/funkwhale_api/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-__version__ = "0.17"
+__version__ = "0.18-dev"
 __version_info__ = tuple(
     [
         int(num) if num.isdigit() else num