diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d
diff --git a/version/VERSION b/version/VERSION
index b57fc7228b623..3ecddddb65741 100644
--- a/version/VERSION
+++ b/version/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.18.2
+1.18.2-criteo1