diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 02c6458020..f9cf29d57a 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v0.17.0-pre.0
+v0.18.0-pre.0
diff --git a/helm/Chart.yaml b/helm/Chart.yaml
index 700d67c512..c4fde5a0dd 100644
--- a/helm/Chart.yaml
+++ b/helm/Chart.yaml
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ version: 0.2.0
 # incremented each time you make changes to the application. Versions are not expected to
 # follow Semantic Versioning. They should reflect the version the application is using.
 
-appVersion: v0.17.0-pre.0
+appVersion: v0.18.0-pre.0
diff --git a/helm/values.yaml b/helm/values.yaml
index 596b523c0b..d8f9b84c1f 100644
--- a/helm/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/values.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 goQuai:
   image:
     name: quainetwork/go-quai
-    version: v0.17.0-pre.0
+    version: v0.18.0-pre.0
   env: quai-dev
   replicas: 1
   network: garden