diff --git a/bin/hermit.hcl b/bin/hermit.hcl
index de04cb7593..41372fecb9 100644
--- a/bin/hermit.hcl
+++ b/bin/hermit.hcl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 env = {
-  "CLOUDBEAT_VERSION": "8.15.0",
+  "CLOUDBEAT_VERSION": "8.17.0",
   "ELK_VERSION": "${CLOUDBEAT_VERSION}-SNAPSHOT",
 }
diff --git a/deploy/azure/ARM-for-organization-account.dev.json b/deploy/azure/ARM-for-organization-account.dev.json
index 599fef0941..571153695b 100644
--- a/deploy/azure/ARM-for-organization-account.dev.json
+++ b/deploy/azure/ARM-for-organization-account.dev.json
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
             "metadata": {
                 "description": "The version of elastic-agent to install"
             },
-            "defaultValue": "8.17.0"
+            "defaultValue": "8.18.0"
         },
         "FleetUrl": {
             "type": "string",
diff --git a/deploy/azure/ARM-for-organization-account.json b/deploy/azure/ARM-for-organization-account.json
index 16a4dfdc34..454ef6ddf7 100644
--- a/deploy/azure/ARM-for-organization-account.json
+++ b/deploy/azure/ARM-for-organization-account.json
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
             "metadata": {
                 "description": "The version of elastic-agent to install"
             },
-            "defaultValue": "8.17.0"
+            "defaultValue": "8.18.0"
         },
         "FleetUrl": {
             "type": "string",
diff --git a/deploy/azure/ARM-for-single-account.dev.json b/deploy/azure/ARM-for-single-account.dev.json
index 03d25c1577..c8bffb67fc 100644
--- a/deploy/azure/ARM-for-single-account.dev.json
+++ b/deploy/azure/ARM-for-single-account.dev.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
             "metadata": {
                 "description": "The version of elastic-agent to install"
             },
-            "defaultValue": "8.17.0"
+            "defaultValue": "8.18.0"
         },
         "FleetUrl": {
             "type": "string",
diff --git a/deploy/azure/ARM-for-single-account.json b/deploy/azure/ARM-for-single-account.json
index 97d8c94fab..0770d8730d 100644
--- a/deploy/azure/ARM-for-single-account.json
+++ b/deploy/azure/ARM-for-single-account.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
             "metadata": {
                 "description": "The version of elastic-agent to install"
             },
-            "defaultValue": "8.17.0"
+            "defaultValue": "8.18.0"
         },
         "FleetUrl": {
             "type": "string",
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index 9818721cc5..5aa4bfc1d0 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 package version
 
 // name matches github.com/elastic/beats/v7/dev-tools/mage/settings.go parseBeatVersion
-const defaultBeatVersion = "8.17.0"
+const defaultBeatVersion = "8.18.0"
 
 // Version represents version information for a package
 type Version struct {