diff --git a/builder/test-integration/spec/hypriotos-image/device-init_spec.rb b/builder/test-integration/spec/hypriotos-image/device-init_spec.rb
index 7497f5a..6290318 100644
--- a/builder/test-integration/spec/hypriotos-image/device-init_spec.rb
+++ b/builder/test-integration/spec/hypriotos-image/device-init_spec.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 describe command('dpkg -l device-init') do
   its(:stdout) { should match /ii  device-init/ }
-  its(:stdout) { should match /0.1.7/ }
+  its(:stdout) { should match /0.1.8/ }
   its(:exit_status) { should eq 0 }
 end
 
diff --git a/versions.config b/versions.config
index 25d004c..4129075 100644
--- a/versions.config
+++ b/versions.config
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export KERNEL_VERSION="4.4.15"
 export DOCKER_ENGINE_VERSION="1.11.1-1"
 export DOCKER_COMPOSE_VERSION="1.8.0-61"
 export DOCKER_MACHINE_VERSION="0.8.0-30"
-export DEVICE_INIT_VERSION="0.1.7"
+export DEVICE_INIT_VERSION="0.1.8"
 export CLUSTER_LAB_VERSION="0.2.14-1"
 
 # specify preloaded versions of docker images needed for the cluster-lab