diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 91a6c54c..fd606ac6 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Please read the `manual <https://github.com/bbuchfink/diamond/raw/master/diamond
 
 Installing the software on your system may be done by downloading it in binary format for immediate use::
 
-    wget http://github.com/bbuchfink/diamond/releases/download/v0.9.17/diamond-linux64.tar.gz
+    wget http://github.com/bbuchfink/diamond/releases/download/v0.9.18/diamond-linux64.tar.gz
     tar xzf diamond-linux64.tar.gz
 
 The extracted ``diamond`` binary file should be moved to a directory contained in your executable search path (PATH environment variable).