diff --git a/versions.yaml b/versions.yaml
index 03a05cbdea..ebf143f185 100644
--- a/versions.yaml
+++ b/versions.yaml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ assets:
       url: "https://github.com/cloud-hypervisor/cloud-hypervisor"
       uscan-url: >-
         https://github.com/cloud-hypervisor/cloud-hypervisor/tags.*/v?(\d\S+)\.tar\.gz
-      version: "v17.0"
+      version: "v18.0"
 
     firecracker:
       description: "Firecracker micro-VMM"