diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly-test-1.13.x.yaml b/.github/workflows/nightly-test-1.17.x.yaml
similarity index 98%
rename from .github/workflows/nightly-test-1.13.x.yaml
rename to .github/workflows/nightly-test-1.17.x.yaml
index f314a475df..df6f8d946f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly-test-1.13.x.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly-test-1.17.x.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
 
-name: Nightly Frontend Test 1.13.x
+name: Nightly Frontend Test 1.17.x
 on:
   schedule:
     - cron: '0 4 * * *'
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ on:
 
 env:
   EMBER_PARTITION_TOTAL: 4        # Has to be changed in tandem with the matrix.partition
-  BRANCH: "release/1.13.x"
-  BRANCH_NAME: "release-1.13.x"   # Used for naming artifacts
+  BRANCH: "release/1.17.x"
+  BRANCH_NAME: "release-1.17.x"   # Used for naming artifacts
   GOPRIVATE: github.com/hashicorp # Required for enterprise deps
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/version/VERSION b/version/VERSION
index ee8855caa4..ee017091ff 100644
--- a/version/VERSION
+++ b/version/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.17.0-dev
+1.18.0-dev