diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2a87423379b72c75fc44f830a25e089a3b6e88d8..615c6b37ef4b1bcf995d6d1bf3cfb7a10c8024e9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "gl-react-native",
-  "version": "2.17.8",
+  "version": "2.18.0-rc",
   "description": "OpenGL bindings for react-native to implement complex effects over images and components, in the descriptive VDOM paradigm",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",