diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ def get_version_info():
         vinfo = _version_helper.generate_git_version_info()
     except:
         vinfo = vdummy()
-        vinfo.version = '1.18.3'
-        vinfo.release = 'True'
+        vinfo.version = '1.18.dev4'
+        vinfo.release = 'False'
 
     with open('pycbc/version.py', 'wb') as f:
         f.write("# coding: utf-8\n".encode('utf-8'))
reset to devel (#<I>)