diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 88d86f79..270aa2c0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3642,7 +3642,7 @@ checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wadm"
-version = "0.17.1"
+version = "0.18.0-rc.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-nats",
@@ -3676,7 +3676,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wadm-cli"
-version = "0.17.1"
+version = "0.18.0-rc.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-nats",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1eab3eb5..3b1fe9b1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/wasmcloud/wadm"
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.17.1"
+version = "0.18.0-rc.1"
 
 [features]
 default = []
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.7", features = ["env-filter", "json"] }
 ulid = { version = "1", features = ["serde"] }
 utoipa = "4"
 uuid = "1"
-wadm = { version = "0.17.1", path = "./crates/wadm" }
+wadm = { version = "0.18.0-rc.1", path = "./crates/wadm" }
 wadm-client = { version = "0.6.1", path = "./crates/wadm-client" }
 wadm-types = { version = "0.6.1", path = "./crates/wadm-types" }
 wasmcloud-control-interface = { version = "2.2.0" }