diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 14b642bf7eeb2e8c14a0ea19f039bb153808fd65..3731466b119063d482b6ba98ea8648cb8323c150 100755
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ copyright = u'2009 - 2013, Aaron R. Quinlan'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '2.17.0'
+version = '2.18.0'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '2.17.0'
+release = '2.18.0'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.