diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fefdde77..a35f562d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# [2.18.0-alpha.1](https://github.com/Automattic/newspack-popups/compare/v2.17.0...v2.18.0-alpha.1) (2023-05-30)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* deprecate "display title" option ([#1101](https://github.com/Automattic/newspack-popups/issues/1101)) ([e3de495](https://github.com/Automattic/newspack-popups/commit/e3de495e1885bb1eebb7dd12d7d523ea2846f6fd))
+
 # [2.17.0](https://github.com/Automattic/newspack-popups/compare/v2.16.0...v2.17.0) (2023-05-30)
 
 
diff --git a/newspack-popups.php b/newspack-popups.php
index 17fd2887..b1e5d437 100755
--- a/newspack-popups.php
+++ b/newspack-popups.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * Author URI:      https://newspack.blog
  * Text Domain:     newspack-popups
  * Domain Path:     /languages
- * Version:         2.17.0
+ * Version:         2.18.0-alpha.1
  *
  * @package         Newspack_Popups
  */
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index da918eb9..d2633f69 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "newspack-popups",
-  "version": "2.17.0",
+  "version": "2.18.0-alpha.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "newspack-popups",
-      "version": "2.17.0",
+      "version": "2.18.0-alpha.1",
       "dependencies": {
         "classnames": "^2.3.2",
         "intersection-observer": "^0.12.2",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 844a610b..4a434a76 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "newspack-popups",
-  "version": "2.17.0",
+  "version": "2.18.0-alpha.1",
   "main": "Gruntfile.js",
   "author": "Automattic",
   "scripts": {