diff --git a/src/bootstrap/channel.rs b/src/bootstrap/channel.rs
index 2607ce412f108..a95bdcb3d2608 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/channel.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/channel.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ use build_helper::output;
 use Build;
 
 // The version number
-pub const CFG_RELEASE_NUM: &'static str = "1.17.0";
+pub const CFG_RELEASE_NUM: &'static str = "1.18.0";
 
 // An optional number to put after the label, e.g. '.2' -> '-beta.2'
 // Be sure to make this starts with a dot to conform to semver pre-release
diff --git a/src/stage0.txt b/src/stage0.txt
index 772029ab0c253..28325f704d460 100644
--- a/src/stage0.txt
+++ b/src/stage0.txt
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@
 # tarball for a stable release you'll likely see `1.x.0-$date` where `1.x.0` was
 # released on `$date`
 
-rustc: beta-2017-02-01
-cargo: 407edef22e894266eb562618cba5ca9757051946
+rustc: beta-2017-03-14
+cargo: 4a3c0a63b07e9a4feb41cb11de37c92a09db5a60