diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 67cd1e5..fd91038 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 m4_define([get_version], [m4_esyscmd_s([
-  grep "^version = " src/cthulhuVersion.py | sed 's/version = "\(.*\)"/\1/'
+  grep "^version = " src/cthulhu/cthulhuVersion.py | sed 's/version = "\(.*\)"/\1/'
 ])])
 m4_define([cthulhu_version], [get_version])
 
diff --git a/src/cthulhu/cthulhuVersion.py b/src/cthulhu/cthulhuVersion.py
index a721793..139579c 100644
--- a/src/cthulhu/cthulhuVersion.py
+++ b/src/cthulhu/cthulhuVersion.py
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@
 # Fork of Orca Screen Reader (GNOME)
 # Original source: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/orca
 
-version = "2024.12.15"
+version = "2024.12.18"
 codeName = "testing"