diff --git a/version.json b/version.json
index eeedcc753..0660fe36f 100644
--- a/version.json
+++ b/version.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
-  "tag_name": "1.17.0",
-  "release_name": "1.17.0",
-  "published_at": "2025-02-10T17:33:09Z",
-  "html_url": "https://github.com/codalab/codabench/releases/tag/1.17.0"
+  "tag_name": "1.18.0",
+  "release_name": "1.18.0",
+  "published_at": "2025-04-09T13:23:50Z",
+  "html_url": "https://github.com/codalab/codabench/releases/tag/1.18.0"
 }