diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 392e2b8..76d6a85 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 Revision history for OpenTelemetry-Exporter-OTLP
 
+{{$NEXT}}
+
 0.017     2024-07-18 09:30:57+01:00 Europe/London
 
 0.016001  2024-06-28 22:39:20+01:00 Europe/London (TRIAL RELEASE)
diff --git a/Makefile.PL b/Makefile.PL
index 06c28ad..7cd0520 100644
--- a/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Makefile.PL
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ my %WriteMakefileArgs = (
     "Test2::V0" => 0,
     "Test::More" => 0
   },
-  "VERSION" => "0.017",
+  "VERSION" => "0.018",
   "test" => {
     "TESTS" => "t/*.t t/OpenTelemetry/*.t t/OpenTelemetry/Exporter/OTLP/*.t t/OpenTelemetry/Exporter/OTLP/Encoder/*.t"
   }
diff --git a/lib/OpenTelemetry/Exporter/OTLP.pm b/lib/OpenTelemetry/Exporter/OTLP.pm
index 864759d..8d404c2 100644
--- a/lib/OpenTelemetry/Exporter/OTLP.pm
+++ b/lib/OpenTelemetry/Exporter/OTLP.pm
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use Object::Pad ':experimental(init_expr)';
 
 package OpenTelemetry::Exporter::OTLP;
 
-our $VERSION = '0.017';
+our $VERSION = '0.018';
 
 class OpenTelemetry::Exporter::OTLP :does(OpenTelemetry::Exporter) {
     use Feature::Compat::Try;
diff --git a/lib/OpenTelemetry/Exporter/OTLP/Encoder/JSON.pm b/lib/OpenTelemetry/Exporter/OTLP/Encoder/JSON.pm
index 384189c..3a86db8 100644
--- a/lib/OpenTelemetry/Exporter/OTLP/Encoder/JSON.pm
+++ b/lib/OpenTelemetry/Exporter/OTLP/Encoder/JSON.pm
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use Object::Pad ':experimental(init_expr)';
 
 package OpenTelemetry::Exporter::OTLP::Encoder::JSON;
 
-our $VERSION = '0.017';
+our $VERSION = '0.018';
 
 class OpenTelemetry::Exporter::OTLP::Encoder::JSON {
     use JSON::MaybeXS;
diff --git a/lib/OpenTelemetry/Exporter/OTLP/Encoder/Protobuf.pm b/lib/OpenTelemetry/Exporter/OTLP/Encoder/Protobuf.pm
index ede2a97..76aabcb 100644
--- a/lib/OpenTelemetry/Exporter/OTLP/Encoder/Protobuf.pm
+++ b/lib/OpenTelemetry/Exporter/OTLP/Encoder/Protobuf.pm
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use Object::Pad ':experimental(init_expr)';
 
 package OpenTelemetry::Exporter::OTLP::Encoder::Protobuf;
 
-our $VERSION = '0.017';
+our $VERSION = '0.018';
 
 class OpenTelemetry::Exporter::OTLP::Encoder::Protobuf
     :isa(OpenTelemetry::Exporter::OTLP::Encoder::JSON) {
diff --git a/lib/OpenTelemetry/Exporter/OTLP/Logs.pm b/lib/OpenTelemetry/Exporter/OTLP/Logs.pm
index 36d8e02..f225334 100644
--- a/lib/OpenTelemetry/Exporter/OTLP/Logs.pm
+++ b/lib/OpenTelemetry/Exporter/OTLP/Logs.pm
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use Object::Pad ':experimental(init_expr)';
 
 package OpenTelemetry::Exporter::OTLP::Logs;
 
-our $VERSION = '0.017';
+our $VERSION = '0.018';
 
 class OpenTelemetry::Exporter::OTLP::Logs :isa(OpenTelemetry::Exporter::OTLP) {
     use OpenTelemetry::Common 'config';
diff --git a/lib/OpenTelemetry/Exporter/OTLP/Traces.pm b/lib/OpenTelemetry/Exporter/OTLP/Traces.pm
index daa7a4c..a20c7e3 100644
--- a/lib/OpenTelemetry/Exporter/OTLP/Traces.pm
+++ b/lib/OpenTelemetry/Exporter/OTLP/Traces.pm
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ use Object::Pad ':experimental(init_expr)';
 
 package OpenTelemetry::Exporter::OTLP::Traces;
 
-our $VERSION = '0.017';
+our $VERSION = '0.018';
 
 class OpenTelemetry::Exporter::OTLP::Traces :isa(OpenTelemetry::Exporter::OTLP) {}
diff --git a/lib/OpenTelemetry/Proto.pm b/lib/OpenTelemetry/Proto.pm
index fa1928d..ac3a093 100644
--- a/lib/OpenTelemetry/Proto.pm
+++ b/lib/OpenTelemetry/Proto.pm
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package OpenTelemetry::Proto;
 # ABSTRACT: The protobuf definitions for the OpenTelemetry Protocol
 
-our $VERSION = '0.017';
+our $VERSION = '0.018';
 
 use experimental 'signatures';