From 6c4fc7d6202b70ca20d21a62808e38b36bc50854 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sarah Boyce <42296566+sarahboyce@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2024 14:37:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [4.2.x] Post-release version bump.

---
 django/__init__.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/django/__init__.py b/django/__init__.py
index 6c8679aba4..a6353d696c 100644
--- a/django/__init__.py
+++ b/django/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from django.utils.version import get_version
 
-VERSION = (4, 2, 17, "final", 0)
+VERSION = (4, 2, 18, "alpha", 0)
 
 __version__ = get_version(VERSION)