diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 8dcd9d7..4d38037 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.0.17
+current_version = 0.0.18
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)
 serialize = 
 	{major}.{minor}.{patch}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0ff7d59..396f6b5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+## [0.0.18] - 2021-12-19
+### Changed
+- Catch asyncio.exceptions.TimeoutError when updating notebook metadata over RTU
+
 ## [0.0.17] - 2022-12-16
 ### Changed
 - Catch all HTTPStatusErrors when trying to delete the kernel session after successful execution
diff --git a/papermill_origami/_version.py b/papermill_origami/_version.py
index fc28f3a..662fbed 100644
--- a/papermill_origami/_version.py
+++ b/papermill_origami/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "0.0.17"
+version = "0.0.18"
diff --git a/papermill_origami/engine.py b/papermill_origami/engine.py
index 2b78427..8c11101 100644
--- a/papermill_origami/engine.py
+++ b/papermill_origami/engine.py
@@ -320,7 +320,11 @@ async def sync_noteable_nb_metadata_with_papermill(self):
         for key, value in flatten_dict(
             self.nb.metadata.papermill, parent_key_tuple=("papermill",)
         ).items():
-            await self.km.client.update_nb_metadata(self.file, {"path": key, "value": value})
+            try:
+                await self.km.client.update_nb_metadata(self.file, {"path": key, "value": value})
+            except asyncio.exceptions.TimeoutError:
+                logger.debug("Timeout error while updating notebook metadata")
+                pass
 
     @staticmethod
     def create_kernel_manager(file: NotebookFile, client: NoteableClient, **kwargs):
@@ -358,9 +362,13 @@ def _cell_start(self, cell, cell_index=None, **kwargs):
     def _cell_exception(self, cell, cell_index=None, **kwargs):
         self.catch_cell_metadata_updates(self.nb_man.cell_exception)(cell, cell_index, **kwargs)
         # Manually update the Noteable nb metadata
-        run_sync(self.km.client.update_nb_metadata)(
-            self.file, {"path": ["papermill", "exception"], "value": True}
-        )
+        try:
+            run_sync(self.km.client.update_nb_metadata)(
+                self.file, {"path": ["papermill", "exception"], "value": True}
+            )
+        except asyncio.exceptions.TimeoutError:
+            logger.debug("Timeout error while updating notebook metadata")
+            pass
 
     def _cell_complete(self, cell, cell_index=None, **kwargs):
         self.catch_cell_metadata_updates(self.nb_man.cell_complete)(cell, cell_index, **kwargs)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ba9c65c..cb198d3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "papermill-origami"
-version = "0.0.17"
+version = "0.0.18"
 description = "The noteable API interface"
 authors = ["Matt Seal <matt@noteable.io>"]
 maintainers = ["Matt Seal <matt@noteable.io>"]