diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index dc8c0000..5bde6354 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SORA_CPP_SDK_VERSION=2024.8.0-canary.17
+SORA_CPP_SDK_VERSION=2024.8.0-canary.18
 WEBRTC_BUILD_VERSION=m129.6668.1.1
 BOOST_VERSION=1.86.0
 CMAKE_VERSION=3.30.4
diff --git a/examples/VERSION b/examples/VERSION
index 17bd56a8..f11c8391 100644
--- a/examples/VERSION
+++ b/examples/VERSION
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SORA_CPP_SDK_VERSION=2024.8.0-canary.17
+SORA_CPP_SDK_VERSION=2024.8.0-canary.18
 WEBRTC_BUILD_VERSION=m129.6668.1.1
 BOOST_VERSION=1.86.0
 CMAKE_VERSION=3.30.4