diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6975c69a10..85390f0791 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Dash Core staging tree 0.17
+Dash Core staging tree 18.0
 ===========================
 
 |CI|master|develop|
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0c042e59a9..9c624ddd7f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
-define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR, 0)
-define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, 17)
+define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR, 18)
+define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, 0)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION, 0)
-define(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD, 3)
-define(_CLIENT_VERSION_RC, 0)
+define(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD, 0)
+define(_CLIENT_VERSION_RC, 1)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE, false)
 define(_COPYRIGHT_YEAR, 2021)
 define(_COPYRIGHT_HOLDERS,[The %s developers])
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
index 319ef68457..5bde58c112 100755
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-name: "dash-linux-0.17"
+name: "dash-linux-18.0"
 enable_cache: true
 distro: "ubuntu"
 suites:
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
index 7bb783b4ad..983b9e8bc5 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-name: "dash-osx-0.17"
+name: "dash-osx-18.0"
 enable_cache: true
 distro: "ubuntu"
 suites:
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
index 0e38d4dec7..4a2191fa12 100755
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-name: "dash-win-0.17"
+name: "dash-win-18.0"
 enable_cache: true
 distro: "ubuntu"
 suites: