diff --git a/bin/release_version b/bin/release_version
index 7a81ab62..ae0fb18d 100644
--- a/bin/release_version
+++ b/bin/release_version
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+1.0.0beta18
 1.0.0beta17
 1.0.0beta15
 1.0.0beta11