diff --git a/src/pip/__init__.py b/src/pip/__init__.py
index 2e8c4e43d..ae265fa7d 100644
--- a/src/pip/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pip/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "18.1.dev0"
+__version__ = "18.1"