diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index db4af23b..8aa74253 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ android {
         applicationId "com.nutomic.syncthingandroid"
         minSdkVersion 16
         targetSdkVersion 29
-        versionCode 4276
-        versionName "1.17.0"
+        versionCode 4277
+        versionName "1.18.0-rc.1"
         testApplicationId 'com.nutomic.syncthingandroid.test'
         testInstrumentationRunner 'androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner'
     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/play/release-notes/en-GB/default.txt b/app/src/main/play/release-notes/en-GB/default.txt
index b0cb8385..a40bb7c2 100644
--- a/app/src/main/play/release-notes/en-GB/default.txt
+++ b/app/src/main/play/release-notes/en-GB/default.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-* Update Syncthing to v1.17.0 ( https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/releases/tag/v1.17.0 )
+* Update Syncthing to v1.18.0-rc.1 ( https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/releases/tag/v1.18.0-rc.1 )