diff --git a/release-versions.txt b/release-versions.txt
index 5189a6d32..2ac35ce7b 100644
--- a/release-versions.txt
+++ b/release-versions.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-RELEASE_VERSION="5.18.0.RC1"
-DEVELOPMENT_VERSION="5.18.0-SNAPSHOT"
+RELEASE_VERSION="5.18.0"
+DEVELOPMENT_VERSION="5.19.0-SNAPSHOT"
 RELEASE_BRANCH="5.x.x-stable"