diff --git a/repos/gems/run/sculpt.run b/repos/gems/run/sculpt.run
index 4acab5009..383c7a702 100644
--- a/repos/gems/run/sculpt.run
+++ b/repos/gems/run/sculpt.run
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ exec gzip -dc [genode_dir]/repos/gems/run/sculpt/machine.vdi.gz > [run_dir]/geno
 # Define 'VERSION' ROM module
 #
 proc sculpt_version { } {
-	return "18.08" }
+	return "18.09" }
 
 # write file with newline (for producing nice output when using 'cat /VERSION')
 set fd [open [run_dir]/genode/VERSION w]