diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ef156667cb..a6f555877d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-    AC_INIT([suricata],[7.0.17])
+    AC_INIT([suricata],[7.0.18-dev])
     m4_ifndef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [m4_define([AM_SILENT_RULES],[])])AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])
     AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([src/autoconf.h])
     AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/suricata.c])
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 41a2ce71f4..5dd865b4c4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 # Format:
 #
 #   name {repo} {branch|tag}
-libhtp https://github.com/OISF/libhtp 0.5.53
+libhtp https://github.com/OISF/libhtp 0.5.x
 suricata-update https://github.com/OISF/suricata-update 1.3.8