diff --git a/volatility3/framework/constants/_version.py b/volatility3/framework/constants/_version.py
index 3d68ab810..832b2a5ba 100644
--- a/volatility3/framework/constants/_version.py
+++ b/volatility3/framework/constants/_version.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # We use the SemVer 2.0.0 versioning scheme
 VERSION_MAJOR = 2  # Number of releases of the library with a breaking change
-VERSION_MINOR = 17  # Number of changes that only add to the interface
+VERSION_MINOR = 18  # Number of changes that only add to the interface
 VERSION_PATCH = 0  # Number of changes that do not change the interface
 VERSION_SUFFIX = ""