diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eefa4d9f..943aed4c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## 0.18.1 (2024-01-31)
+
+### Fix
+
+- make sure that there is not an asyncio.Task when udf is an  async generators. Middleware __repr__ added. (#167)
+
 ## 0.18.0 (2024-01-29)
 
 ### Feat
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5c27c860..250a757a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "kstreams"
-version = "0.18.0"
+version = "0.18.1"
 description = "Build simple kafka streams applications"
 authors = ["Marcos Schroh <marcos.schroh@kpn.com>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ exclude = '''
 '''
 
 [tool.commitizen]
-version = "0.18.0"
+version = "0.18.1"
 tag_format = "$version"
 version_files = [
     "pyproject.toml:version",