diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/BeamModulePlugin.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/BeamModulePlugin.groovy
index e56c4d1735b7..0060731d4b50 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/BeamModulePlugin.groovy
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/BeamModulePlugin.groovy
@@ -503,6 +503,8 @@ class BeamModulePlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
 
     project.ext.mavenGroupId = 'org.apache.beam'
 
+    project.version = '2.53.0.twttr1'
+
     // Default to dash-separated directories for artifact base name,
     // which will also be the default artifactId for maven publications
     project.apply plugin: 'base'
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index c95c23abc5fa..db9d731d2793 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ signing.gnupg.useLegacyGpg=true
 # buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/BeamModulePlugin.groovy.
 # To build a custom Beam version make sure you change it in both places, see
 # https://github.com/apache/beam/issues/21302.
-version=2.53.0-SNAPSHOT
+version=2.53.0.twttr1
 sdk_version=2.53.0.dev
 
 javaVersion=1.8
@@ -39,6 +39,6 @@ docker_image_default_repo_root=apache
 docker_image_default_repo_prefix=beam_
 
 # supported flink versions
-flink_versions=1.12,1.13,1.14,1.15,1.16,1.17
+flink_versions=1.12,1.13,1.14,1.15,1.16,1.17,1.18
 # supported python versions
 python_versions=3.8,3.9,3.10,3.11
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