diff --git a/doc/Doxyfile b/doc/Doxyfile
index 23d84e2..fd45375 100644
--- a/doc/Doxyfile
+++ b/doc/Doxyfile
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = LibTomCrypt
 # could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or if some version
 # control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 1.17
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 1.18.0-rc1
 
 # Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description
 # for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer a
diff --git a/src/headers/tomcrypt.h b/src/headers/tomcrypt.h
index 803e643..e902119 100644
--- a/src/headers/tomcrypt.h
+++ b/src/headers/tomcrypt.h
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 /* version */
-#define CRYPT   0x0117
-#define SCRYPT  "1.17"
+#define CRYPT   0x0118
+#define SCRYPT  "1.18.0-rc1"
 
 /* max size of either a cipher/hash block or symmetric key [largest of the two] */
 #define MAXBLOCKSIZE  128