diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6b46bd1622..d5b2d187e1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2006-04-07  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
 
+	* configure.in: Bump version
+
 	* === Released 2.8.17 ===
 
 	* NEWS: Updates
diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-10 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
index 6b46bd1622..d5b2d187e1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
+++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2006-04-07  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
 
+	* configure.in: Bump version
+
 	* === Released 2.8.17 ===
 
 	* NEWS: Updates
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 4c7abce4e5..2b47e8cf00 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ AC_PREREQ(2.54)
 
 m4_define([gtk_major_version], [2])
 m4_define([gtk_minor_version], [8])
-m4_define([gtk_micro_version], [17])
+m4_define([gtk_micro_version], [18])
 m4_define([gtk_version],
           [gtk_major_version.gtk_minor_version.gtk_micro_version])
-m4_define([gtk_interface_age], [17])
+m4_define([gtk_interface_age], [18])
 m4_define([gtk_binary_age],
           [m4_eval(100 * gtk_minor_version + gtk_micro_version)])
 # This is the X.Y used in -lgtk-FOO-X.Y