diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index 299d44c..3840249 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 license          'Apache 2.0'
 description      'Sets up the database master or slave'
 long_description IO.read(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'README.md'))
-version          '2.1.7'
+version          '2.1.8'
 
 recipe 'database', 'Empty placeholder'
 recipe 'database::ebs_backup', 'Considered deprecated, older way of backing up EBS volumes'