diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index e58046765..f5faa3efc 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 2.17.0.dev
+current_version = 2.18.0.dev
 commit = False
 tag = False
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)(\.(?P<release>[a-z]+))?
diff --git a/CHANGES/1208.feature b/CHANGES/1208.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index bd132fc14..000000000
--- a/CHANGES/1208.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Started signing manifests asynchronously. This feature improves the performance of signing tasks.
-Additionally, setting ``MAX_PARALLEL_SIGNING_TASKS`` was introduced to cap the number of threads
-used for parallel signing (defaults to ``10``).
diff --git a/CHANGES/1384.feature b/CHANGES/1384.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index e8c8c55e6..000000000
--- a/CHANGES/1384.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Adjusted default access policies for new labels API.
diff --git a/CHANGES/1399.feature b/CHANGES/1399.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index d94287edf..000000000
--- a/CHANGES/1399.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Made pulp_container compatible with pulpcore 3.40.
diff --git a/CHANGES/1400.bugfix b/CHANGES/1400.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index b2ee5278e..000000000
--- a/CHANGES/1400.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fixed re-sync failures after reclaiming disk space.
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 31a0d01f1..825695a79 100755
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = "2.17.0.dev"
+version = "2.18.0.dev"
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = "2.17.0.dev"
+release = "2.18.0.dev"
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/pulp_container/app/__init__.py b/pulp_container/app/__init__.py
index c4bd4e994..5691a4cb1 100644
--- a/pulp_container/app/__init__.py
+++ b/pulp_container/app/__init__.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ class PulpContainerPluginAppConfig(PulpPluginAppConfig):
 
     name = "pulp_container.app"
     label = "container"
-    version = "2.17.0.dev"
+    version = "2.18.0.dev"
     python_package_name = "pulp-container"
 
     def ready(self):
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index af493c9d5..dfa9b3ed2 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="pulp-container",
-    version="2.17.0.dev",
+    version="2.18.0.dev",
     description="Container plugin for the Pulp Project",
     long_description=long_description,
     license="GPLv2+",