diff --git a/src/utils/version/version_release.txt b/src/utils/version/version_release.txt
index a228e6721fe4d2ffc53677edbd671c91f8b94bb9..37a7b8c5543749bdd46b043b139922ad8fe66f26 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=v2.17.0"
-# on Sat Nov  3 16:11:06 EDT 2012 .
+# This file was auto-generated by running "make setversion VERSION=v2.18.0"
+# on Fri Dec 13 11:06:46 EST 2013 .
 # Please do not edit or commit this file manually.
 #
-v2.17.0
+v2.18.0