diff --git a/src/utils/version/version_release.txt b/src/utils/version/version_release.txt
index 22c7c56019c4c6cdcf8c27331c763af88da40ce8..bd5fdf75e6f7abd51e195f8efb5fc60a64e77124 100644
--- a/src/utils/version/version_release.txt
+++ b/src/utils/version/version_release.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# This file was auto-generated by running "make setversion VERSION=2.18.0"
-# on Fri Dec 13 11:07:08 EST 2013 .
+# This file was auto-generated by running "make setversion VERSION=v2.18.0"
+# on Fri Dec 13 11:16:34 EST 2013 .
 # Please do not edit or commit this file manually.
 #
-2.18.0
+v2.18.0