diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index badcc5996..75e27d3ef 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>chronicle-map</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <name>OpenHFT/Chronicle-Map</name>
     <description>Chronicle-Map</description>