diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 568b96649de..5c327961697 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ match = store.find(Image(embedding=np.zeros((128,))), field='text__embedding', t
 
 to try out the alpha you can install it via git:
 ```shell
-pip install "git+https://github.com/docarray/docarray@2023.01.17.alpha#egg=docarray[common,torch,image]"
+pip install "git+https://github.com/docarray/docarray@2023.01.18.alpha#egg=docarray[common,torch,image]"
 ```
 or from the latest development branch
 ```shell
diff --git a/docarray/__init__.py b/docarray/__init__.py
index 5c5b33c76b3..bfc0842a846 100644
--- a/docarray/__init__.py
+++ b/docarray/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = '2023.01.17.alpha'
+__version__ = '2023.01.18.alpha'
 
 from docarray.array.array import DocumentArray
 from docarray.base_document.document import BaseDocument
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 23c52c9c337..2d60663ce26 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "docarray"
-version = '2023.01.17.alpha'
+version = '2023.01.18.alpha'
 description='The data structure for unstructured data'
 authors=['DocArray']
 license='Apache 2.0'