diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 86b18b369..cf17b97b4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v18.10.1: (Upcoming Release)
+
 ## v18.10:
 
 ### nvme
diff --git a/include/spdk/version.h b/include/spdk/version.h
index 939ed49e5..62e21a48c 100644
--- a/include/spdk/version.h
+++ b/include/spdk/version.h
@@ -54,12 +54,12 @@
  * Patch level is incremented on maintenance branch releases and reset to 0 for each
  * new major.minor release.
  */
-#define SPDK_VERSION_PATCH	0
+#define SPDK_VERSION_PATCH	1
 
 /**
  * Version string suffix.
  */
-#define SPDK_VERSION_SUFFIX	""
+#define SPDK_VERSION_SUFFIX	"-pre"
 
 /**
  * Single numeric value representing a version number for compile-time comparisons.