diff --git a/bin/tails-persistence-setup b/bin/tails-persistence-setup
index e323ed7962c945f59a822d2253fe8243948cb06a..bef571db2af4e0d1c3605ef466c2f724b35c7682 100755
--- a/bin/tails-persistence-setup
+++ b/bin/tails-persistence-setup
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ tails-persistence-setup - setup Tails persistent storage
 
 =head1 VERSION
 
-Version 1.1.7
+Version 1.1.8
 
 =cut
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 use 5.10.1;
 
-our $VERSION = '1.1.7';
+our $VERSION = '1.1.8';
 
 use FindBin;
 use lib "$FindBin::Bin/../lib";