diff --git a/api/portainer.go b/api/portainer.go
index 31b9c5203..2b941b5c7 100644
--- a/api/portainer.go
+++ b/api/portainer.go
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ type (
 
 const (
 	// APIVersion is the version number of the Portainer API.
-	APIVersion = "1.18.0"
+	APIVersion = "1.18.1-dev"
 	// DBVersion is the version number of the Portainer database.
 	DBVersion = 12
 	// DefaultTemplatesURL represents the default URL for the templates definitions.
diff --git a/api/swagger.yaml b/api/swagger.yaml
index 086437dc3..64ff3e69c 100644
--- a/api/swagger.yaml
+++ b/api/swagger.yaml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ info:
 
     **NOTE**: You can find more information on how to query the Docker API in the [Docker official documentation](https://docs.docker.com/engine/api/v1.30/) as well as in [this Portainer example](https://gist.github.com/deviantony/77026d402366b4b43fa5918d41bc42f8).
 
-  version: "1.18.0"
+  version: "1.18.1-dev"
   title: "Portainer API"
   contact:
     email: "info@portainer.io"
@@ -2598,7 +2598,7 @@ definitions:
         description: "Is analytics enabled"
       Version:
         type: "string"
-        example: "1.18.0"
+        example: "1.18.1-dev"
         description: "Portainer API version"
   PublicSettingsInspectResponse:
     type: "object"
diff --git a/distribution/portainer.spec b/distribution/portainer.spec
index b99fff674..b065c5609 100644
--- a/distribution/portainer.spec
+++ b/distribution/portainer.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:           portainer
-Version:        1.18.0
+Version:        1.18.1-dev
 Release:        0
 License:        Zlib
 Summary:        A lightweight docker management UI
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d536cdccb..9a515e065 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "author": "Portainer.io",
   "name": "portainer",
   "homepage": "http://portainer.io",
-  "version": "1.18.0",
+  "version": "1.18.1-dev",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "git@github.com:portainer/portainer.git"