diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
index c9fdabc86..01a437773 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ The Pulp 3 Ansible installer is a collection of Ansible roles that you can use t
 
 Each Ansible role installs and configures a component of Pulp.
 
-This version of the installer, 3.17.2, installs the latest release of pulpcore 3.17.z.
+This version of the installer, 3.18.0, installs the latest release of pulpcore 3.18.z.
 
-If run against an older version of Pulp 3, it will upgrade it to 3.17.z.
+If run against an older version of Pulp 3, it will upgrade it to 3.18.z.
 
-If run again, the installed version of pulpcore 3.17 is not updated unless `pulpcore_update` is set to `true`.
+If run again, the installed version of pulpcore 3.18 is not updated unless `pulpcore_update` is set to `true`.
 
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diff --git a/galaxy.yml b/galaxy.yml
index 9b8856ed0..98b4b93f0 100644
--- a/galaxy.yml
+++ b/galaxy.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ namespace: pulp
 name: pulp_installer
 
 # The version of the collection. Must be compatible with semantic versioning
-version: 3.17.2
+version: 3.18.0
 
 # The path to the Markdown (.md) readme file. This path is relative to the root of the collection
 readme: README.md
diff --git a/roles/pulp_common/vars/main.yml b/roles/pulp_common/vars/main.yml
index a99a13262..4e5ce00fb 100644
--- a/roles/pulp_common/vars/main.yml
+++ b/roles/pulp_common/vars/main.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ __pulp_common_pulp_settings_defaults:
 
 __pulp_common_merged_pulp_settings: "{{ __pulp_common_pulp_settings_defaults | combine(pulp_settings, recursive=True) }}"
 
-__pulpcore_version: '{{ pulpcore_version | default("3.17") }}'
+__pulpcore_version: '{{ pulpcore_version | default("3.18") }}'
 
 __pulp_old_artifact_dir: "{{ pulp_user_home | regex_replace('\\/$', '')  }}/artifact"
 __pulp_artifact_dir: "{{ pulp_media_root | regex_replace('\\/$', '')  }}/artifact"