diff --git a/params/config.go b/params/config.go
index 8a0784c09ea..9052698311d 100644
--- a/params/config.go
+++ b/params/config.go
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ var (
 		EuclidV2Time:        newUint64(1741852800),
 		FeynmanTime:         newUint64(1753167600),
 		GalileoTime:         newUint64(1764054000),
-		GalileoV2Time:       nil,
+		GalileoV2Time:       newUint64(1764831600),
 		Clique: &CliqueConfig{
 			Period: 3,
 			Epoch:  30000,
diff --git a/params/version.go b/params/version.go
index 1079f2167fa..94cdc407c79 100644
--- a/params/version.go
+++ b/params/version.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	VersionMajor = 5         // Major version component of the current release
 	VersionMinor = 9         // Minor version component of the current release
-	VersionPatch = 17        // Patch version component of the current release
+	VersionPatch = 18        // Patch version component of the current release
 	VersionMeta  = "mainnet" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 )