diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9562019b0..cb51aabcb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Add the following Maven dependency to your project:
 <dependency>
     <groupId>de.bwaldvogel</groupId>
     <artifactId>mongo-java-server</artifactId>
-    <version>1.17.1</version>
+    <version>1.18.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ can either be in-memory or on-disk.
 <dependency>
     <groupId>de.bwaldvogel</groupId>
     <artifactId>mongo-java-server-h2-backend</artifactId>
-    <version>1.17.1</version>
+    <version>1.18.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ Postgres and each MongoDB collection is stored as a table.
 <dependency>
     <groupId>de.bwaldvogel</groupId>
     <artifactId>mongo-java-server-postgresql-backend</artifactId>
-    <version>1.17.1</version>
+    <version>1.18.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index e3ea16649..5fbd14f37 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ allprojects {
     apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
     apply plugin: 'signing'
 
-    version = '1.18.0-SNAPSHOT'
+    version = '1.18.0'
 
     group = 'de.bwaldvogel'