diff --git a/include/sound/version.h b/include/sound/version.h
index 6b78aff273a8a812fd303baa7b2f7f2bae1ca969..d7b3c76d21cfbe0d86a1582803c911140eba6549 100644
--- a/include/sound/version.h
+++ b/include/sound/version.h
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 /* include/version.h */
-#define CONFIG_SND_VERSION "1.0.17"
+#define CONFIG_SND_VERSION "1.0.18rc1"
 #define CONFIG_SND_DATE ""