diff --git a/genai/internal/version.go b/genai/internal/version.go
index c71bf93..e6f1736 100644
--- a/genai/internal/version.go
+++ b/genai/internal/version.go
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 package internal
 
 // Version is the current tagged release of the library.
-const Version = "0.17.0"
+const Version = "0.18.0"