diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7bdbf3d..a2ef6ea 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "init4-bin-base"
 
 description = "Internal utilities for binaries produced by the init4 team"
 keywords = ["init4", "bin", "base"]
-version = "0.18.0-rc.0"
+version = "0.18.1-rc.0"
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.85"
 authors = ["init4", "James Prestwich", "evalir"]
diff --git a/src/utils/calc.rs b/src/utils/calc.rs
index 0cb824f..97c1ba1 100644
--- a/src/utils/calc.rs
+++ b/src/utils/calc.rs
@@ -234,6 +234,21 @@ impl SlotCalculator {
         self.point_within_slot(chrono::Utc::now().timestamp() as u64)
     }
 
+    /// The current number of milliseconds into the slot.
+    ///
+    /// Truncates the millisecond timestamp to seconds, then uses that to
+    /// calculate the point within the slot, adding back the milliseconds
+    /// remainder to the final result to provide millisecond precision.
+    pub fn current_point_within_slot_ms(&self) -> Option<u64> {
+        // NB: Only fetch from now() object once and reuse
+        let timestamp_ms = chrono::Utc::now().timestamp_millis() as u64;
+        let timestamp_s = timestamp_ms / 1000;
+        let fractional = timestamp_ms % 1000;
+
+        self.point_within_slot(timestamp_s)
+            .map(|point| point * 1000 + fractional)
+    }
+
     /// Calculates the slot that starts at the given timestamp.
     /// Returns `None` if the timestamp is not a slot boundary.
     /// Returns `None` if the timestamp is before the chain's start timestamp.