diff --git a/app/igneum-app/Cargo.lock b/app/igneum-app/Cargo.lock
index 373848fdb..c1f16da5d 100644
--- a/app/igneum-app/Cargo.lock
+++ b/app/igneum-app/Cargo.lock
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "igneum-app"
-version = "0.3.17"
+version = "0.3.18"
 dependencies = [
  "ed25519-dalek",
  "getrandom",
diff --git a/app/igneum-app/Cargo.toml b/app/igneum-app/Cargo.toml
index 97ebc53a4..f9ea86a8c 100644
--- a/app/igneum-app/Cargo.toml
+++ b/app/igneum-app/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "igneum-app"
-version = "0.3.17"
+version = "0.3.18"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Igneum Miner engine: supervises the node, the miner and the GPU workers, and serves the dashboard on 127.0.0.1"
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/app/igneum-app/resources/igneum-app.rc b/app/igneum-app/resources/igneum-app.rc
index f94d8b688..ed47e205a 100644
--- a/app/igneum-app/resources/igneum-app.rc
+++ b/app/igneum-app/resources/igneum-app.rc
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 1 ICON "igneum.ico"
 
 1 VERSIONINFO
-FILEVERSION     0,3,17,0
-PRODUCTVERSION  0,3,17,0
+FILEVERSION     0,3,18,0
+PRODUCTVERSION  0,3,18,0
 FILEFLAGSMASK   0x3fL
 FILEFLAGS       0x0L
 FILEOS          VOS_NT_WINDOWS32
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ BEGIN
         BEGIN
             VALUE "CompanyName",      "Igneum"
             VALUE "FileDescription",  "Igneum Miner engine"
-            VALUE "FileVersion",      "0.3.17"
+            VALUE "FileVersion",      "0.3.18"
             VALUE "InternalName",     "igneum-app"
             VALUE "LegalCopyright",   "Igneum contributors"
             VALUE "OriginalFilename", "igneum-app.exe"
             VALUE "ProductName",      "Igneum Miner"
-            VALUE "ProductVersion",   "0.3.17"
+            VALUE "ProductVersion",   "0.3.18"
         END
     END
     BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
diff --git a/app/windows/version.h b/app/windows/version.h
index a1ef426eb..44191cd98 100644
--- a/app/windows/version.h
+++ b/app/windows/version.h
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 // packaging/windows/Igneum-Miner.iss when the app version moves. Include guards, not #pragma once: rc.exe reads it too.
 #ifndef IGNEUM_HOST_VERSION_H
 #define IGNEUM_HOST_VERSION_H
-#define IGNEUM_HOST_VERSION_STR "0.3.17"
-#define IGNEUM_HOST_VERSION_RC  0,3,17,0
+#define IGNEUM_HOST_VERSION_STR "0.3.18"
+#define IGNEUM_HOST_VERSION_RC  0,3,18,0
 #endif
diff --git a/docs/plans/release-0.3.17.md b/docs/plans/release-0.3.18.md
similarity index 95%
rename from docs/plans/release-0.3.17.md
rename to docs/plans/release-0.3.18.md
index c2e1d7092..59c18e13c 100644
--- a/docs/plans/release-0.3.17.md
+++ b/docs/plans/release-0.3.18.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 The hourly cut after 0.3.16, under the coordinator's rule: every new switch at never on the devnet so the digest does not move; cut what is green and list what waited. Worktree `igneum-wt-ship0317` (release-0.3.17 from release-0.3.15 a9eb58f1), node `release-0.3.17-node` in `vendor/igneum-node-0317` (from f1ea7a38).
 
+> Renumbered 7 October 2026, 03:3xZ (main): the tree this plan describes is **0.3.18**. Its canary on 12153428 failed on two further faults (the idle-peer guard closes every peer mid headers-proof IBD; a window-below-epoch log flood at 1,900 lines a minute), and tonight's **0.3.17** became the node-only hotfix on the 0.3.16 app tree (f1ea7a38 plus 90aaf38e = b3c228fa; see docs/plans/release-0.3.17.md on release-0.3.17). The version scheme is three-part everywhere, so "0.3.16.1" was not available. Rows below keep "0.3.17" where they were written; read it as this tree. Branches: release-0.3.18 (app), release-0.3.18-node (fork, 12153428). Decimals is 0.3.19.
+
 ## 1. The node tree
 
 | Branch | Tip | In 0.3.17 | Why |
diff --git a/packaging/mac/app/Info.plist b/packaging/mac/app/Info.plist
index e8cc562f5..04b073153 100644
--- a/packaging/mac/app/Info.plist
+++ b/packaging/mac/app/Info.plist
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
 	<string>VERSION_STAMP</string>
 	<key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
-	<string>0.3.17</string>
+	<string>0.3.18</string>
 	<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
 	<string>APPL</string>
 	<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
diff --git a/packaging/windows/Igneum-Miner.iss b/packaging/windows/Igneum-Miner.iss
index effc9c8b2..1bcc37d46 100644
--- a/packaging/windows/Igneum-Miner.iss
+++ b/packaging/windows/Igneum-Miner.iss
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   #define ArtDir "..\..\brand\icons"
 #endif
 #ifndef AppVersion
-  #define AppVersion "0.3.17"
+  #define AppVersion "0.3.18"
 #endif
 #define AppName "Igneum Miner"
 #define Publisher "Igneum"