diff --git a/SWIG/VERSION b/SWIG/VERSION
index 8565151f3..ebe8793d6 100644
--- a/SWIG/VERSION
+++ b/SWIG/VERSION
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ devrelease_today=u-`date +%Y%m%d-%H%M`
 
 SWIG_MAJOR_VERSION=1
 SWIG_MINOR_VERSION=3
-SWIG_SPIN=17
+SWIG_SPIN=18
 
 SWIG_VERSION=$SWIG_MAJOR_VERSION.$SWIG_MINOR_VERSION.$SWIG_SPIN$devrelease_today