diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2347cae5..64040070 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.rarchives.ripme</groupId>
   <artifactId>ripme</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>1.7.17</version>
+  <version>1.7.18</version>
   <name>ripme</name>
   <url>http://rip.rarchives.com</url>
   <properties>
diff --git a/ripme.json b/ripme.json
index 0fbd854b..5124d1ff 100644
--- a/ripme.json
+++ b/ripme.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
-    "latestVersion": "1.7.17",
+    "latestVersion": "1.7.18",
     "changeList": [
+        "1.7.18: AlbumRipper now removes bad chars from file names",
         "1.7.17: Fixed hentai.cafe autorip from clipboard",
         "1.7.16: Eightmuses now supports pages containing both images and subpages",
         "1.7.15: Eigthmuses ripper now uses ASAP ripping; Remove ripper and tests for gwarchives.com and hushpix.com; Remove ripper and tests for imagearn.com; Fixed pornhub video downloader",
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/UpdateUtils.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/UpdateUtils.java
index 55918354..597a2c85 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/UpdateUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/UpdateUtils.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import com.rarchives.ripme.utils.Utils;
 public class UpdateUtils {
 
     private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(UpdateUtils.class);
-    private static final String DEFAULT_VERSION = "1.7.17";
+    private static final String DEFAULT_VERSION = "1.7.18";
     private static final String REPO_NAME = "ripmeapp/ripme";
     private static final String updateJsonURL = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/" + REPO_NAME + "/master/ripme.json";
     private static final String mainFileName = "ripme.jar";