diff --git a/examples/controlnet/train_controlnet.py b/examples/controlnet/train_controlnet.py
index 21ab38a3d7..ea480b6786 100644
--- a/examples/controlnet/train_controlnet.py
+++ b/examples/controlnet/train_controlnet.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ if is_wandb_available():
     import wandb
 
 # Will error if the minimal version of diffusers is not installed. Remove at your own risks.
-check_min_version("0.18.0.dev0")
+check_min_version("0.18.0")
 
 logger = get_logger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/examples/controlnet/train_controlnet_flax.py b/examples/controlnet/train_controlnet_flax.py
index e28d9c5ff3..8cd2dd80c5 100644
--- a/examples/controlnet/train_controlnet_flax.py
+++ b/examples/controlnet/train_controlnet_flax.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ if is_wandb_available():
     import wandb
 
 # Will error if the minimal version of diffusers is not installed. Remove at your own risks.
-check_min_version("0.18.0.dev0")
+check_min_version("0.18.0")
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/examples/custom_diffusion/train_custom_diffusion.py b/examples/custom_diffusion/train_custom_diffusion.py
index e0ec56eca1..5d0ea571f2 100644
--- a/examples/custom_diffusion/train_custom_diffusion.py
+++ b/examples/custom_diffusion/train_custom_diffusion.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ from diffusers.utils.import_utils import is_xformers_available
 
 
 # Will error if the minimal version of diffusers is not installed. Remove at your own risks.
-check_min_version("0.18.0.dev0")
+check_min_version("0.18.0")
 
 logger = get_logger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth.py b/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth.py
index 797cfbd0e5..865a5c42d5 100644
--- a/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth.py
+++ b/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ if is_wandb_available():
     import wandb
 
 # Will error if the minimal version of diffusers is not installed. Remove at your own risks.
-check_min_version("0.18.0.dev0")
+check_min_version("0.18.0")
 
 logger = get_logger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth_flax.py b/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth_flax.py
index a336c2b787..0d1401f1a9 100644
--- a/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth_flax.py
+++ b/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth_flax.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ from diffusers.utils import check_min_version
 
 
 # Will error if the minimal version of diffusers is not installed. Remove at your own risks.
-check_min_version("0.18.0.dev0")
+check_min_version("0.18.0")
 
 # Cache compiled models across invocations of this script.
 cc.initialize_cache(os.path.expanduser("~/.cache/jax/compilation_cache"))
diff --git a/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth_lora.py b/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth_lora.py
index e3222357ae..01562ce809 100644
--- a/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth_lora.py
+++ b/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth_lora.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ from diffusers.utils.import_utils import is_xformers_available
 
 
 # Will error if the minimal version of diffusers is not installed. Remove at your own risks.
-check_min_version("0.18.0.dev0")
+check_min_version("0.18.0")
 
 logger = get_logger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/examples/instruct_pix2pix/train_instruct_pix2pix.py b/examples/instruct_pix2pix/train_instruct_pix2pix.py
index e84698a8f2..2ee39ce643 100644
--- a/examples/instruct_pix2pix/train_instruct_pix2pix.py
+++ b/examples/instruct_pix2pix/train_instruct_pix2pix.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ from diffusers.utils.import_utils import is_xformers_available
 
 
 # Will error if the minimal version of diffusers is not installed. Remove at your own risks.
-check_min_version("0.18.0.dev0")
+check_min_version("0.18.0")
 
 logger = get_logger(__name__, log_level="INFO")
 
diff --git a/examples/text_to_image/train_text_to_image.py b/examples/text_to_image/train_text_to_image.py
index 8f4cdba2bf..d5d9853938 100644
--- a/examples/text_to_image/train_text_to_image.py
+++ b/examples/text_to_image/train_text_to_image.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ if is_wandb_available():
 
 
 # Will error if the minimal version of diffusers is not installed. Remove at your own risks.
-check_min_version("0.18.0.dev0")
+check_min_version("0.18.0")
 
 logger = get_logger(__name__, log_level="INFO")
 
diff --git a/examples/text_to_image/train_text_to_image_flax.py b/examples/text_to_image/train_text_to_image_flax.py
index 07cc250301..2d36273a20 100644
--- a/examples/text_to_image/train_text_to_image_flax.py
+++ b/examples/text_to_image/train_text_to_image_flax.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ from diffusers.utils import check_min_version
 
 
 # Will error if the minimal version of diffusers is not installed. Remove at your own risks.
-check_min_version("0.18.0.dev0")
+check_min_version("0.18.0")
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/examples/text_to_image/train_text_to_image_lora.py b/examples/text_to_image/train_text_to_image_lora.py
index 29259e408e..0dd09e250f 100644
--- a/examples/text_to_image/train_text_to_image_lora.py
+++ b/examples/text_to_image/train_text_to_image_lora.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ from diffusers.utils.import_utils import is_xformers_available
 
 
 # Will error if the minimal version of diffusers is not installed. Remove at your own risks.
-check_min_version("0.18.0.dev0")
+check_min_version("0.18.0")
 
 logger = get_logger(__name__, log_level="INFO")
 
diff --git a/examples/textual_inversion/textual_inversion.py b/examples/textual_inversion/textual_inversion.py
index 14b0997862..75cde5b9e7 100644
--- a/examples/textual_inversion/textual_inversion.py
+++ b/examples/textual_inversion/textual_inversion.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ else:
 
 
 # Will error if the minimal version of diffusers is not installed. Remove at your own risks.
-check_min_version("0.18.0.dev0")
+check_min_version("0.18.0")
 
 logger = get_logger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/examples/textual_inversion/textual_inversion_flax.py b/examples/textual_inversion/textual_inversion_flax.py
index a7be35c9ef..abd1001569 100644
--- a/examples/textual_inversion/textual_inversion_flax.py
+++ b/examples/textual_inversion/textual_inversion_flax.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ else:
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Will error if the minimal version of diffusers is not installed. Remove at your own risks.
-check_min_version("0.18.0.dev0")
+check_min_version("0.18.0")
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/examples/unconditional_image_generation/train_unconditional.py b/examples/unconditional_image_generation/train_unconditional.py
index e10e6d3024..02cdb36726 100644
--- a/examples/unconditional_image_generation/train_unconditional.py
+++ b/examples/unconditional_image_generation/train_unconditional.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ from diffusers.utils.import_utils import is_xformers_available
 
 
 # Will error if the minimal version of diffusers is not installed. Remove at your own risks.
-check_min_version("0.18.0.dev0")
+check_min_version("0.18.0")
 
 logger = get_logger(__name__, log_level="INFO")
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index dd94c5acb7..1edc3a001c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ install_requires = [
 
 setup(
     name="diffusers",
-    version="0.18.0.dev0",  # expected format is one of x.y.z.dev0, or x.y.z.rc1 or x.y.z (no to dashes, yes to dots)
+    version="0.18.1",  # expected format is one of x.y.z.dev0, or x.y.z.rc1 or x.y.z (no to dashes, yes to dots)
     description="Diffusers",
     long_description=open("README.md", "r", encoding="utf-8").read(),
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
diff --git a/src/diffusers/__init__.py b/src/diffusers/__init__.py
index a7fc9a36f2..6ae7340e3e 100644
--- a/src/diffusers/__init__.py
+++ b/src/diffusers/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "0.18.0.dev0"
+__version__ = "0.18.1"
 
 from .configuration_utils import ConfigMixin
 from .utils import (