Version 1.18.0-dev.2.0

Merge '9eed0f74d4373d80261e29d09208409ef34b3ae9' into dev
diff --git a/tools/VERSION b/tools/VERSION
index 4401bef..67e5d05 100644
--- a/tools/VERSION
+++ b/tools/VERSION
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
 #  * Making cherry-picks to stable channel
 #     - increase PATCH by 1
 #
-CHANNEL be
+CHANNEL dev
 MAJOR 1
 MINOR 18
 PATCH 0
-PRERELEASE 0
+PRERELEASE 2
 PRERELEASE_PATCH 0