diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 48415e5638..c4ada3050b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@
 # a shell variable in AC_INIT
 #
 m4_define([bind_VERSION_MAJOR], 9)dnl
-m4_define([bind_VERSION_MINOR], 17)dnl
-m4_define([bind_VERSION_PATCH], 22)dnl
+m4_define([bind_VERSION_MINOR], 18)dnl
+m4_define([bind_VERSION_PATCH], 0)dnl
 m4_define([bind_VERSION_EXTRA], )dnl
-m4_define([bind_DESCRIPTION], [(Development Release)])dnl
+m4_define([bind_DESCRIPTION], [(Stable Release)])dnl
 m4_define([bind_SRCID], [m4_esyscmd_s([git rev-parse --short HEAD | cut -b1-7])])dnl
 m4_define([bind_PKG_VERSION], [[bind_VERSION_MAJOR.bind_VERSION_MINOR.bind_VERSION_PATCH]bind_VERSION_EXTRA])dnl