diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 1641784d1..a4d2aceeb 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.17.98
+0.18
diff --git a/hledger-lib/hledger-lib.cabal b/hledger-lib/hledger-lib.cabal
index c6726e8ca..8eab94d3e 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/hledger-lib.cabal
+++ b/hledger-lib/hledger-lib.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:           hledger-lib
-version: 0.17.98
+version: 0.18
 category:       Finance
 synopsis:       Core data types, parsers and utilities for the hledger accounting tool.
 description:
diff --git a/hledger-web/hledger-web.cabal b/hledger-web/hledger-web.cabal
index 3c7fa8b55..26dbb5d33 100644
--- a/hledger-web/hledger-web.cabal
+++ b/hledger-web/hledger-web.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:           hledger-web
-version: 0.17.98
+version: 0.18
 category:       Finance
 synopsis:       A web interface for the hledger accounting tool.
 description:    
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@ executable         hledger-web
                      Hledger.Web.Handlers
 
     build-depends:
-                   hledger == 0.17.98
-                 , hledger-lib == 0.17.98
+                   hledger == 0.18
+                 , hledger-lib == 0.18
 
                  , cabal-file-th
                  , cmdargs >= 0.9.1   && < 0.10
diff --git a/hledger/hledger.cabal b/hledger/hledger.cabal
index 43eafdcae..465f558a4 100644
--- a/hledger/hledger.cabal
+++ b/hledger/hledger.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:           hledger
-version: 0.17.98
+version: 0.18
 category:       Finance
 synopsis:       The main command-line interface for the hledger accounting tool.
 description:
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ library
                   Hledger.Cli.Stats
   -- should be the same as below
   build-depends:
-                  hledger-lib == 0.17.98
+                  hledger-lib == 0.18
                  ,base >= 3 && < 5
                  ,cabal-file-th
                  ,containers
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ executable hledger
        ghc-options:   -threaded
  -- should be the same as above
   build-depends:
-                  hledger-lib == 0.17.98
+                  hledger-lib == 0.18
                  ,base >= 3 && < 5
                  ,cabal-file-th
                  ,containers