diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5366099d..837ce05f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## v1.17.2
+## v1.18.0
 - Add taskentity support to durabletasksourcegenerator by Copilot ([#517](https://github.com/microsoft/durabletask-dotnet/pull/517))
 - Bump azure.identity by dependabot[bot] ([#525](https://github.com/microsoft/durabletask-dotnet/pull/525))
 - Bump google.protobuf by dependabot[bot] ([#529](https://github.com/microsoft/durabletask-dotnet/pull/529))
diff --git a/eng/targets/Release.props b/eng/targets/Release.props
index 850f2475..b4b9d742 100644
--- a/eng/targets/Release.props
+++ b/eng/targets/Release.props
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <VersionPrefix>1.17.2</VersionPrefix>
+    <VersionPrefix>1.18.0</VersionPrefix>
     <VersionSuffix></VersionSuffix>
   </PropertyGroup>