diff --git a/libavutil/version.h b/libavutil/version.h
index 3b5a2e7aaa..b9b9baf98c 100644
--- a/libavutil/version.h
+++ b/libavutil/version.h
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
  */
 
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR  59
-#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR  17
+#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR  18
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MICRO 100
 
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_INT   AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR, \