diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 95cd6101..97a42fba 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1243,10 +1243,10 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pgmq"
-version = "0.16.0"
+version = "0.17.0"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
- "pgmq 0.17.0",
+ "pgmq 0.18.0",
  "pgrx",
  "pgrx-tests",
  "rand",
@@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pgmq"
-version = "0.17.0"
+version = "0.18.0"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "log",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e1516edb..9637a5d0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "pgmq"
-version = "0.16.0"
+version = "0.17.0"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["Tembo.io"]
 description = "Postgres extension for PGMQ"
diff --git a/core/Cargo.toml b/core/Cargo.toml
index af912d5f..d5902a30 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "pgmq"
-version = "0.17.0"
+version = "0.18.0"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["Tembo.io"]
 description = "A distributed message queue for Rust applications, on Postgres."