diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 556bb661a17afb9e214d4df658a42950a1723174..e9ef4f8f9453b9a58e85e82beed70d7ff255d585 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ dnl Copyright (c) 2007-2012, The Tor Project, Inc.
 dnl See LICENSE for licensing information
 
 AC_INIT
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(tor, 0.2.3.17-beta-dev)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(tor, 0.2.3.18-rc)
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(orconfig.h)
 
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST
diff --git a/contrib/tor-mingw.nsi.in b/contrib/tor-mingw.nsi.in
index 6643925cef51b36cef0ea9396f52d00b664b62ff..75b256790ede83d1d008d6b8419ba2b57cbcc969 100644
--- a/contrib/tor-mingw.nsi.in
+++ b/contrib/tor-mingw.nsi.in
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 !include "LogicLib.nsh"
 !include "FileFunc.nsh"
 !insertmacro GetParameters
-!define VERSION "0.2.3.17-beta-dev"
+!define VERSION "0.2.3.18-rc"
 !define INSTALLER "tor-${VERSION}-win32.exe"
 !define WEBSITE "https://www.torproject.org/"
 !define LICENSE "LICENSE"
diff --git a/src/win32/orconfig.h b/src/win32/orconfig.h
index 3449277d426d9321e2dc6ae64a98d9c42f99f858..a5bd2eea24a8731775dc0c626d493009acd787ff 100644
--- a/src/win32/orconfig.h
+++ b/src/win32/orconfig.h
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
 #define USING_TWOS_COMPLEMENT
 
 /* Version number of package */
-#define VERSION "0.2.3.17-beta-dev"
+#define VERSION "0.2.3.18-rc"