diff --git a/eng/Versions.props b/eng/Versions.props
index b863546ddc2c..5c7c7778c92c 100644
--- a/eng/Versions.props
+++ b/eng/Versions.props
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
   <PropertyGroup Label="Version settings">
     <AspNetCoreMajorVersion>8</AspNetCoreMajorVersion>
     <AspNetCoreMinorVersion>0</AspNetCoreMinorVersion>
-    <AspNetCorePatchVersion>17</AspNetCorePatchVersion>
+    <AspNetCorePatchVersion>18</AspNetCorePatchVersion>
     <PreReleaseVersionIteration>
     </PreReleaseVersionIteration>
-    <ValidateBaseline>true</ValidateBaseline>
+    <ValidateBaseline>false</ValidateBaseline>
     <IdentityModelVersion Condition="'$(IsIdentityModelTestJob)' != 'true'">7.1.2</IdentityModelVersion>
     <IdentityModelVersion Condition="'$(IsIdentityModelTestJob)' == 'true'">7.*</IdentityModelVersion>
     <!--
@@ -339,4 +339,4 @@
     <DotnetServeVersion>1.10.93</DotnetServeVersion>
     <MicrosoftPlaywrightCLIVersion>1.2.3</MicrosoftPlaywrightCLIVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>