diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 6d52433..71a7829 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ Once the new Qdrant version is live:
 
 - `qdrantVersion` - Set it to the released Docker image version for testing.
 - `qdrantProtosVersion` - Set it to the released version of the Qdrant source for fetching the proto files.
-- Update the package version references in the README.md.
+- Update the package version references in `README.md` and `example/build.gradle`.
 
 2. Merge the pull request.
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ecf02a6..a906d0a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,20 +38,20 @@ To install the library, add the following lines to your build config file.
 <dependency>
   <groupId>io.qdrant</groupId>
   <artifactId>client</artifactId>
-  <version>1.17.0</version>
+  <version>1.18.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
 #### SBT
 
 ```sbt
-libraryDependencies += "io.qdrant" % "client" % "1.17.0"
+libraryDependencies += "io.qdrant" % "client" % "1.18.0"
 ```
 
 #### Gradle
 
 ```gradle
-implementation 'io.qdrant:client:1.17.0'
+implementation 'io.qdrant:client:1.18.0'
 ```
 
 > [!NOTE]  
diff --git a/example/build.gradle b/example/build.gradle
index b275488..5c8adb4 100644
--- a/example/build.gradle
+++ b/example/build.gradle
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ repositories {
 
 dependencies {
     // Qdrant Java client
-    implementation 'io.qdrant:client:1.17.0'
+    implementation 'io.qdrant:client:1.18.0'
     
     // gRPC dependencies - use the same version as Qdrant client
     implementation 'io.grpc:grpc-netty-shaded:1.65.1'