diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Package: SNPRelate
 Type: Package
 Title: Parallel Computing Toolset for Relatedness and Principal Component
         Analysis of SNP Data
-Version: 1.17.2
+Version: 1.18.0
 Date: 2019-01-01
 Depends: R (>= 2.15), gdsfmt (>= 1.8.3)
 LinkingTo: gdsfmt
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-CHANGES IN VERSION 1.17.1-1.17.2
+CHANGES IN VERSION 1.18.0
 -------------------------
 
     o `snpgdsBED2GDS()` allows a single file name without the extended file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ The GDS format offers the efficient operations specifically designed for integer
 
 ## Bioconductor
 
-Release Version: v1.16.0
+Release Version: v1.18.0
 
 [http://www.bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/SNPRelate.html](http://www.bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/SNPRelate.html)
 
-Development Version: v1.17.1
+Development Version: v1.19.0
 
 [http://www.bioconductor.org/packages/devel/bioc/html/SNPRelate.html](http://www.bioconductor.org/packages/devel/bioc/html/SNPRelate.html)