diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b57570d..d66a818 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ an application can include this as a dependency in the application's
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.wolfssl</groupId>
             <artifactId>wolfssl-jsse</artifactId>
-            <version>1.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>1.18.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     ...
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 0b60dab..6b48123 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <!-- versioning/manifest properties -->
     <property name="implementation.vendor"  value="wolfSSL Inc." />
     <property name="implementation.title"   value="wolfSSL JNI/JSSE" />
-    <property name="implementation.version" value="1.17" />
+    <property name="implementation.version" value="1.18" />
 
     <!-- set properties for this build -->
     <property name="src.dir" value="src/java/"/>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b80c29f..aad136f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>com.wolfssl</groupId>
 	<artifactId>wolfssl-jsse</artifactId>
-	<version>1.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.18.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>wolfssl-jsse</name>
     <url>https://www.wolfssl.com</url>
diff --git a/src/java/com/wolfssl/provider/jsse/WolfSSLProvider.java b/src/java/com/wolfssl/provider/jsse/WolfSSLProvider.java
index a1105fa..e09582e 100644
--- a/src/java/com/wolfssl/provider/jsse/WolfSSLProvider.java
+++ b/src/java/com/wolfssl/provider/jsse/WolfSSLProvider.java
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ public final class WolfSSLProvider extends Provider {
      */
     @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
     public WolfSSLProvider() {
-        super("wolfJSSE", 1.17, "wolfSSL JSSE Provider");
-        /* super("wolfJSSE", "1.17", "wolfSSL JSSE Provider"); */
+        super("wolfJSSE", 1.18, "wolfSSL JSSE Provider");
+        /* super("wolfJSSE", "1.18", "wolfSSL JSSE Provider"); */
 
         /* load native wolfSSLJNI library */
         WolfSSL.loadLibrary();
diff --git a/src/test/com/wolfssl/provider/jsse/test/WolfSSLUtilTest.java b/src/test/com/wolfssl/provider/jsse/test/WolfSSLUtilTest.java
index b3cd452..f565513 100644
--- a/src/test/com/wolfssl/provider/jsse/test/WolfSSLUtilTest.java
+++ b/src/test/com/wolfssl/provider/jsse/test/WolfSSLUtilTest.java
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * wolfSSL is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
  * (at your option) any later version.
  *
  * wolfSSL is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,