diff --git a/version_number b/version_number
index 49ddabbbeb65fa644aae7ac7214621a68d563a95..47d04a528837ea50434734bd7cca947d47c4e012 100644
--- a/version_number
+++ b/version_number
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9.9.9
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+0.18.0
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