diff --git a/release-versions.txt b/release-versions.txt
index bcfd76826f..71321492ca 100644
--- a/release-versions.txt
+++ b/release-versions.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-RELEASE_VERSION="5.17.0.RC3"
-DEVELOPMENT_VERSION="5.17.0-SNAPSHOT"
+RELEASE_VERSION="5.17.0"
+DEVELOPMENT_VERSION="5.18.0-SNAPSHOT"
 RELEASE_BRANCH="5.x.x-stable"