diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index f020ca0e..27d0c61d 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "tablesorter",
-  "version": "2.17.8",
+  "version": "2.18.0",
   "dependencies": {
     "jquery": ">=1.2.6"
   },
diff --git a/tablesorter.jquery.json b/tablesorter.jquery.json
index 67c81061..88cb0d75 100644
--- a/tablesorter.jquery.json
+++ b/tablesorter.jquery.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"name": "tablesorter",
 	"title": "tablesorter",
-	"version": "2.17.8",
+	"version": "2.18.0",
 	"description": "tablesorter is a jQuery plugin for turning a standard HTML table with THEAD and TBODY tags into a sortable table without page refreshes. tablesorter can successfully parse and sort many types of data including linked data in a cell.\n\nThis forked version adds lots of new enhancements including: alphanumeric sorting, pager callback functons, multiple widgets providing column styling, ui theme application, sticky headers, column filters and resizer, as well as extended documentation with a lot more demos.",
 	"author": {
 		"name": "Christian Bach",