diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6fd2bf22843..5fd1fae225c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 PHP                                                                        NEWS
 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
+?? ??? 2013, PHP 5.4.18
+
 ?? ??? 2013, PHP 5.4.17
 
 - Core:
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index c1db370a0f6..ed02926b55f 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ int zend_sprintf(char *buffer, const char *format, ...);
 
 PHP_MAJOR_VERSION=5
 PHP_MINOR_VERSION=4
-PHP_RELEASE_VERSION=17
+PHP_RELEASE_VERSION=18
 PHP_EXTRA_VERSION="-dev"
 PHP_VERSION="$PHP_MAJOR_VERSION.$PHP_MINOR_VERSION.$PHP_RELEASE_VERSION$PHP_EXTRA_VERSION"
 PHP_VERSION_ID=`expr [$]PHP_MAJOR_VERSION \* 10000 + [$]PHP_MINOR_VERSION \* 100 + [$]PHP_RELEASE_VERSION`
diff --git a/main/php_version.h b/main/php_version.h
index 055d14d6bf2..35b9b6d0661 100644
--- a/main/php_version.h
+++ b/main/php_version.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 /* edit configure.in to change version number */
 #define PHP_MAJOR_VERSION 5
 #define PHP_MINOR_VERSION 4
-#define PHP_RELEASE_VERSION 17
+#define PHP_RELEASE_VERSION 18
 #define PHP_EXTRA_VERSION "-dev"
-#define PHP_VERSION "5.4.17-dev"
-#define PHP_VERSION_ID 50417
+#define PHP_VERSION "5.4.18-dev"
+#define PHP_VERSION_ID 50418