diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fdaa5aa722..3c4f78152d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 		<major.version>2</major.version>
 		<minor.version>8</minor.version>
 		<state.version>0</state.version> <!-- 0 = alpha, 1 = beta, 2 = rc, 3 = deployable -->
-		<fix.version>17</fix.version>
+		<fix.version>18</fix.version>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<liquibase.propertyFile>${project.basedir}/liquibase/liquibase.properties</liquibase.propertyFile>
 		<castor.version>1.4.1</castor.version>