MINOR: [Release] Update versions for 18.1.0
diff --git a/c_glib/meson.build b/c_glib/meson.build
index 37182c7..bbe2b04 100644
--- a/c_glib/meson.build
+++ b/c_glib/meson.build
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         #   * 22.04: 0.61.2
         meson_version: '>=0.53.2')
 
-version = '18.0.0'
+version = '18.1.0'
 if version.endswith('-SNAPSHOT')
   version_numbers = version.split('-')[0].split('.')
   version_tag = version.split('-')[1]
diff --git a/c_glib/vcpkg.json b/c_glib/vcpkg.json
index 6c411f7..4574539 100644
--- a/c_glib/vcpkg.json
+++ b/c_glib/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "arrow-glib",
-  "version-string": "18.0.0",
+  "version-string": "18.1.0",
   "dependencies": [
     "glib",
     "gobject-introspection",
diff --git a/ci/scripts/PKGBUILD b/ci/scripts/PKGBUILD
index 177c198..11eeca5 100644
--- a/ci/scripts/PKGBUILD
+++ b/ci/scripts/PKGBUILD
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 _realname=arrow
 pkgbase=mingw-w64-${_realname}
 pkgname="${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-${_realname}"
-pkgver=18.0.0
+pkgver=18.1.0
 pkgrel=8000
 pkgdesc="Apache Arrow is a cross-language development platform for in-memory data (mingw-w64)"
 arch=("any")
diff --git a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index b9689d6..6c0c132 100644
--- a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
   cmake_policy(SET CMP0170 NEW)
 endif()
 
-set(ARROW_VERSION "18.0.0")
+set(ARROW_VERSION "18.1.0")
 
 string(REGEX MATCH "^[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+" ARROW_BASE_VERSION "${ARROW_VERSION}")
 
diff --git a/cpp/vcpkg.json b/cpp/vcpkg.json
index 865e7b2..1612822 100644
--- a/cpp/vcpkg.json
+++ b/cpp/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "arrow",
-  "version-string": "18.0.0",
+  "version-string": "18.1.0",
   "dependencies": [
     "abseil",
     {
diff --git a/csharp/Directory.Build.props b/csharp/Directory.Build.props
index 03c2f3a..f00b3f8 100644
--- a/csharp/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/csharp/Directory.Build.props
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     <Product>Apache Arrow library</Product>
     <Copyright>Copyright 2016-2024 The Apache Software Foundation</Copyright>
     <Company>The Apache Software Foundation</Company>
-    <Version>18.0.0</Version>
+    <Version>18.1.0</Version>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/dev/tasks/homebrew-formulae/apache-arrow-glib.rb b/dev/tasks/homebrew-formulae/apache-arrow-glib.rb
index 877dcec..2b4187f 100644
--- a/dev/tasks/homebrew-formulae/apache-arrow-glib.rb
+++ b/dev/tasks/homebrew-formulae/apache-arrow-glib.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 class ApacheArrowGlib < Formula
   desc "GLib bindings for Apache Arrow"
   homepage "https://arrow.apache.org/"
-  url "https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua?path=arrow/arrow-18.0.0/apache-arrow-18.0.0.tar.gz"
+  url "https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua?path=arrow/arrow-18.1.0/apache-arrow-18.1.0.tar.gz"
   sha256 "9948ddb6d4798b51552d0dca3252dd6e3a7d0f9702714fc6f5a1b59397ce1d28"
   license "Apache-2.0"
   head "https://github.com/apache/arrow.git", branch: "main"
diff --git a/dev/tasks/homebrew-formulae/apache-arrow.rb b/dev/tasks/homebrew-formulae/apache-arrow.rb
index 1414deb..cdcd29b 100644
--- a/dev/tasks/homebrew-formulae/apache-arrow.rb
+++ b/dev/tasks/homebrew-formulae/apache-arrow.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 class ApacheArrow < Formula
   desc "Columnar in-memory analytics layer designed to accelerate big data"
   homepage "https://arrow.apache.org/"
-  url "https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua?path=arrow/arrow-18.0.0/apache-arrow-18.0.0.tar.gz"
+  url "https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua?path=arrow/arrow-18.1.0/apache-arrow-18.1.0.tar.gz"
   sha256 "9948ddb6d4798b51552d0dca3252dd6e3a7d0f9702714fc6f5a1b59397ce1d28"
   license "Apache-2.0"
   head "https://github.com/apache/arrow.git", branch: "main"
diff --git a/docs/source/_static/versions.json b/docs/source/_static/versions.json
index 7598072..f1a2009 100644
--- a/docs/source/_static/versions.json
+++ b/docs/source/_static/versions.json
@@ -5,12 +5,17 @@
         "url": "https://arrow.apache.org/docs/dev/"
     },
     {
-        "name": "18.0 (stable)",
+        "name": "18.1 (stable)",
         "version": "",
         "url": "https://arrow.apache.org/docs/",
         "preferred": true
     },
     {
+        "name": "18.0",
+        "version": "18.0/",
+        "url": "https://arrow.apache.org/docs/18.0/"
+    },
+    {
         "name": "17.0",
         "version": "17.0/",
         "url": "https://arrow.apache.org/docs/17.0/"
diff --git a/java/adapter/avro/pom.xml b/java/adapter/avro/pom.xml
index 9ad79cf..91b1fab 100644
--- a/java/adapter/avro/pom.xml
+++ b/java/adapter/avro/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.arrow</groupId>
     <artifactId>arrow-java-root</artifactId>
-    <version>18.0.0</version>
+    <version>18.1.0</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/adapter/jdbc/pom.xml b/java/adapter/jdbc/pom.xml
index eab47be..685b769 100644
--- a/java/adapter/jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/java/adapter/jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.arrow</groupId>
     <artifactId>arrow-java-root</artifactId>
-    <version>18.0.0</version>
+    <version>18.1.0</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/adapter/orc/pom.xml b/java/adapter/orc/pom.xml
index 455021f..046c4ac 100644
--- a/java/adapter/orc/pom.xml
+++ b/java/adapter/orc/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.arrow</groupId>
     <artifactId>arrow-java-root</artifactId>
-    <version>18.0.0</version>
+    <version>18.1.0</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/algorithm/pom.xml b/java/algorithm/pom.xml
index f8def06..70bd110 100644
--- a/java/algorithm/pom.xml
+++ b/java/algorithm/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.arrow</groupId>
     <artifactId>arrow-java-root</artifactId>
-    <version>18.0.0</version>
+    <version>18.1.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>arrow-algorithm</artifactId>
   <name>Arrow Algorithms</name>
diff --git a/java/bom/pom.xml b/java/bom/pom.xml
index c3c3803..2c3d716 100644
--- a/java/bom/pom.xml
+++ b/java/bom/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.apache.arrow</groupId>
   <artifactId>arrow-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>18.0.0</version>
+  <version>18.1.0</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Arrow Bill of Materials</name>
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
   <scm child.scm.connection.inherit.append.path="false" child.scm.developerConnection.inherit.append.path="false" child.scm.url.inherit.append.path="false">
     <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/apache/arrow.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:https://github.com/apache/arrow.git</developerConnection>
-    <tag>apache-arrow-18.0.0</tag>
+    <tag>apache-arrow-18.1.0</tag>
     <url>https://github.com/apache/arrow/tree/${project.scm.tag}</url>
   </scm>
 
diff --git a/java/c/pom.xml b/java/c/pom.xml
index 3c72e3f..0639578 100644
--- a/java/c/pom.xml
+++ b/java/c/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.arrow</groupId>
     <artifactId>arrow-java-root</artifactId>
-    <version>18.0.0</version>
+    <version>18.1.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>arrow-c-data</artifactId>
diff --git a/java/compression/pom.xml b/java/compression/pom.xml
index 3e3a4dc..b4508b9 100644
--- a/java/compression/pom.xml
+++ b/java/compression/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.arrow</groupId>
     <artifactId>arrow-java-root</artifactId>
-    <version>18.0.0</version>
+    <version>18.1.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>arrow-compression</artifactId>
   <name>Arrow Compression</name>
diff --git a/java/dataset/pom.xml b/java/dataset/pom.xml
index 4874a33..423addb 100644
--- a/java/dataset/pom.xml
+++ b/java/dataset/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.arrow</groupId>
     <artifactId>arrow-java-root</artifactId>
-    <version>18.0.0</version>
+    <version>18.1.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>arrow-dataset</artifactId>
diff --git a/java/flight/flight-core/pom.xml b/java/flight/flight-core/pom.xml
index ee8fa62..490a8b3 100644
--- a/java/flight/flight-core/pom.xml
+++ b/java/flight/flight-core/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.arrow</groupId>
     <artifactId>arrow-flight</artifactId>
-    <version>18.0.0</version>
+    <version>18.1.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>flight-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/java/flight/flight-integration-tests/pom.xml b/java/flight/flight-integration-tests/pom.xml
index f9d2151..8b35a72 100644
--- a/java/flight/flight-integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/java/flight/flight-integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.arrow</groupId>
     <artifactId>arrow-flight</artifactId>
-    <version>18.0.0</version>
+    <version>18.1.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>flight-integration-tests</artifactId>
diff --git a/java/flight/flight-sql-jdbc-core/pom.xml b/java/flight/flight-sql-jdbc-core/pom.xml
index 84244a6..0a82530 100644
--- a/java/flight/flight-sql-jdbc-core/pom.xml
+++ b/java/flight/flight-sql-jdbc-core/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.arrow</groupId>
     <artifactId>arrow-flight</artifactId>
-    <version>18.0.0</version>
+    <version>18.1.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>flight-sql-jdbc-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/java/flight/flight-sql-jdbc-driver/pom.xml b/java/flight/flight-sql-jdbc-driver/pom.xml
index dce4b5b..7f564f5 100644
--- a/java/flight/flight-sql-jdbc-driver/pom.xml
+++ b/java/flight/flight-sql-jdbc-driver/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.arrow</groupId>
     <artifactId>arrow-flight</artifactId>
-    <version>18.0.0</version>
+    <version>18.1.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>flight-sql-jdbc-driver</artifactId>
diff --git a/java/flight/flight-sql/pom.xml b/java/flight/flight-sql/pom.xml
index 5d75f40..5195a9a 100644
--- a/java/flight/flight-sql/pom.xml
+++ b/java/flight/flight-sql/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.arrow</groupId>
     <artifactId>arrow-flight</artifactId>
-    <version>18.0.0</version>
+    <version>18.1.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>flight-sql</artifactId>
diff --git a/java/flight/pom.xml b/java/flight/pom.xml
index bdbf922..b6282c8 100644
--- a/java/flight/pom.xml
+++ b/java/flight/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.arrow</groupId>
     <artifactId>arrow-java-root</artifactId>
-    <version>18.0.0</version>
+    <version>18.1.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>arrow-flight</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/java/format/pom.xml b/java/format/pom.xml
index 3b40060..b1c5ae3 100644
--- a/java/format/pom.xml
+++ b/java/format/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.arrow</groupId>
     <artifactId>arrow-java-root</artifactId>
-    <version>18.0.0</version>
+    <version>18.1.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>arrow-format</artifactId>
diff --git a/java/gandiva/pom.xml b/java/gandiva/pom.xml
index 1b85123..25f222d 100644
--- a/java/gandiva/pom.xml
+++ b/java/gandiva/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.arrow</groupId>
     <artifactId>arrow-java-root</artifactId>
-    <version>18.0.0</version>
+    <version>18.1.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.apache.arrow.gandiva</groupId>
diff --git a/java/memory/memory-core/pom.xml b/java/memory/memory-core/pom.xml
index 488514a..3ad89cb 100644
--- a/java/memory/memory-core/pom.xml
+++ b/java/memory/memory-core/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.arrow</groupId>
     <artifactId>arrow-memory</artifactId>
-    <version>18.0.0</version>
+    <version>18.1.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>arrow-memory-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/java/memory/memory-netty-buffer-patch/pom.xml b/java/memory/memory-netty-buffer-patch/pom.xml
index cdaafc8..4c6ce08 100644
--- a/java/memory/memory-netty-buffer-patch/pom.xml
+++ b/java/memory/memory-netty-buffer-patch/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.arrow</groupId>
     <artifactId>arrow-memory</artifactId>
-    <version>18.0.0</version>
+    <version>18.1.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>arrow-memory-netty-buffer-patch</artifactId>
diff --git a/java/memory/memory-netty/pom.xml b/java/memory/memory-netty/pom.xml
index 989cb7d..5939397 100644
--- a/java/memory/memory-netty/pom.xml
+++ b/java/memory/memory-netty/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.arrow</groupId>
     <artifactId>arrow-memory</artifactId>
-    <version>18.0.0</version>
+    <version>18.1.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>arrow-memory-netty</artifactId>
diff --git a/java/memory/memory-unsafe/pom.xml b/java/memory/memory-unsafe/pom.xml
index 635e29c..82ca2d4 100644
--- a/java/memory/memory-unsafe/pom.xml
+++ b/java/memory/memory-unsafe/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.arrow</groupId>
     <artifactId>arrow-memory</artifactId>
-    <version>18.0.0</version>
+    <version>18.1.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>arrow-memory-unsafe</artifactId>
diff --git a/java/memory/pom.xml b/java/memory/pom.xml
index ca32105..260790d 100644
--- a/java/memory/pom.xml
+++ b/java/memory/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.arrow</groupId>
     <artifactId>arrow-java-root</artifactId>
-    <version>18.0.0</version>
+    <version>18.1.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>arrow-memory</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
diff --git a/java/performance/pom.xml b/java/performance/pom.xml
index d901ed1..b337ea3 100644
--- a/java/performance/pom.xml
+++ b/java/performance/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.arrow</groupId>
     <artifactId>arrow-java-root</artifactId>
-    <version>18.0.0</version>
+    <version>18.1.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>arrow-performance</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index bccabc2..1939bf1 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.apache.arrow</groupId>
   <artifactId>arrow-java-root</artifactId>
-  <version>18.0.0</version>
+  <version>18.1.0</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Apache Arrow Java Root POM</name>
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
   <scm child.scm.connection.inherit.append.path="false" child.scm.developerConnection.inherit.append.path="false" child.scm.url.inherit.append.path="false">
     <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/apache/arrow.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:https://github.com/apache/arrow.git</developerConnection>
-    <tag>apache-arrow-18.0.0</tag>
+    <tag>apache-arrow-18.1.0</tag>
     <url>https://github.com/apache/arrow/tree/${project.scm.tag}</url>
   </scm>
 
diff --git a/java/tools/pom.xml b/java/tools/pom.xml
index 2997d3e..1da7069 100644
--- a/java/tools/pom.xml
+++ b/java/tools/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.arrow</groupId>
     <artifactId>arrow-java-root</artifactId>
-    <version>18.0.0</version>
+    <version>18.1.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>arrow-tools</artifactId>
   <name>Arrow Tools</name>
diff --git a/java/vector/pom.xml b/java/vector/pom.xml
index 6db3903..74d5c6f 100644
--- a/java/vector/pom.xml
+++ b/java/vector/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.arrow</groupId>
     <artifactId>arrow-java-root</artifactId>
-    <version>18.0.0</version>
+    <version>18.1.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>arrow-vector</artifactId>
   <name>Arrow Vectors</name>
diff --git a/js/package.json b/js/package.json
index 6dabbfe..dbd947d 100644
--- a/js/package.json
+++ b/js/package.json
@@ -120,5 +120,5 @@
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=12.0"
   },
-  "version": "18.0.0"
+  "version": "18.1.0"
 }
diff --git a/matlab/CMakeLists.txt b/matlab/CMakeLists.txt
index 408f75d..1c699a4 100644
--- a/matlab/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/matlab/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 
-set(MLARROW_VERSION "18.0.0")
+set(MLARROW_VERSION "18.1.0")
 string(REGEX MATCH "^[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+" MLARROW_BASE_VERSION "${MLARROW_VERSION}")
 
 project(mlarrow VERSION "${MLARROW_BASE_VERSION}")
diff --git a/python/CMakeLists.txt b/python/CMakeLists.txt
index 3caf62d..97f1dd2 100644
--- a/python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 # which in turn meant that Py_GIL_DISABLED was not set.
 set(CMAKE_NO_SYSTEM_FROM_IMPORTED ON)
 
-set(PYARROW_VERSION "18.0.0")
+set(PYARROW_VERSION "18.1.0")
 string(REGEX MATCH "^[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+" PYARROW_BASE_VERSION "${PYARROW_VERSION}")
 
 # Running from a Python sdist tarball
diff --git a/python/pyproject.toml b/python/pyproject.toml
index fb69594..af3f793 100644
--- a/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -81,4 +81,4 @@
 version_file = 'pyarrow/_generated_version.py'
 version_scheme = 'guess-next-dev'
 git_describe_command = 'git describe --dirty --tags --long --match "apache-arrow-[0-9]*.*"'
-fallback_version = '18.0.0'
+fallback_version = '18.1.0'
diff --git a/r/DESCRIPTION b/r/DESCRIPTION
index 3f6fb4b..95d2f8c 100644
--- a/r/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/r/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: arrow
 Title: Integration to 'Apache' 'Arrow'
-Version: 18.0.0
+Version: 18.1.0
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Neal", "Richardson", email = "neal.p.richardson@gmail.com", role = c("aut")),
     person("Ian", "Cook", email = "ianmcook@gmail.com", role = c("aut")),
diff --git a/r/NEWS.md b/r/NEWS.md
index e365fae..895df5c 100644
--- a/r/NEWS.md
+++ b/r/NEWS.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   under the License.
 -->
 
-# arrow 18.0.0
+# arrow 18.1.0
 
 # arrow 17.0.0
 
diff --git a/r/pkgdown/assets/versions.json b/r/pkgdown/assets/versions.json
index cecbed7..8eda23e 100644
--- a/r/pkgdown/assets/versions.json
+++ b/r/pkgdown/assets/versions.json
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 [
     {
-        "name": "18.0.0.9000 (dev)",
+        "name": "18.1.0.9000 (dev)",
         "version": "dev/"
     },
     {
-        "name": "18.0.0 (release)",
+        "name": "18.1.0 (release)",
         "version": ""
     },
     {
diff --git a/ruby/red-arrow-cuda/lib/arrow-cuda/version.rb b/ruby/red-arrow-cuda/lib/arrow-cuda/version.rb
index 06e39cf..39a134b 100644
--- a/ruby/red-arrow-cuda/lib/arrow-cuda/version.rb
+++ b/ruby/red-arrow-cuda/lib/arrow-cuda/version.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # under the License.
 
 module ArrowCUDA
-  VERSION = "18.0.0"
+  VERSION = "18.1.0"
 
   module Version
     numbers, TAG = VERSION.split("-")
diff --git a/ruby/red-arrow-dataset/lib/arrow-dataset/version.rb b/ruby/red-arrow-dataset/lib/arrow-dataset/version.rb
index 5c3e89f..865b343 100644
--- a/ruby/red-arrow-dataset/lib/arrow-dataset/version.rb
+++ b/ruby/red-arrow-dataset/lib/arrow-dataset/version.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # under the License.
 
 module ArrowDataset
-  VERSION = "18.0.0"
+  VERSION = "18.1.0"
 
   module Version
     numbers, TAG = VERSION.split("-")
diff --git a/ruby/red-arrow-flight-sql/lib/arrow-flight-sql/version.rb b/ruby/red-arrow-flight-sql/lib/arrow-flight-sql/version.rb
index 432fdc2..41ae545 100644
--- a/ruby/red-arrow-flight-sql/lib/arrow-flight-sql/version.rb
+++ b/ruby/red-arrow-flight-sql/lib/arrow-flight-sql/version.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # under the License.
 
 module ArrowFlightSQL
-  VERSION = "18.0.0"
+  VERSION = "18.1.0"
 
   module Version
     numbers, TAG = VERSION.split("-")
diff --git a/ruby/red-arrow-flight/lib/arrow-flight/version.rb b/ruby/red-arrow-flight/lib/arrow-flight/version.rb
index 4d8ea4d..42b0e04 100644
--- a/ruby/red-arrow-flight/lib/arrow-flight/version.rb
+++ b/ruby/red-arrow-flight/lib/arrow-flight/version.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # under the License.
 
 module ArrowFlight
-  VERSION = "18.0.0"
+  VERSION = "18.1.0"
 
   module Version
     numbers, TAG = VERSION.split("-")
diff --git a/ruby/red-arrow/lib/arrow/version.rb b/ruby/red-arrow/lib/arrow/version.rb
index b4f117b..b23cb9e 100644
--- a/ruby/red-arrow/lib/arrow/version.rb
+++ b/ruby/red-arrow/lib/arrow/version.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # under the License.
 
 module Arrow
-  VERSION = "18.0.0"
+  VERSION = "18.1.0"
 
   module Version
     numbers, TAG = VERSION.split("-")
diff --git a/ruby/red-gandiva/lib/gandiva/version.rb b/ruby/red-gandiva/lib/gandiva/version.rb
index ccf9ae8..920473a 100644
--- a/ruby/red-gandiva/lib/gandiva/version.rb
+++ b/ruby/red-gandiva/lib/gandiva/version.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # under the License.
 
 module Gandiva
-  VERSION = "18.0.0"
+  VERSION = "18.1.0"
 
   module Version
     numbers, TAG = VERSION.split("-")
diff --git a/ruby/red-parquet/lib/parquet/version.rb b/ruby/red-parquet/lib/parquet/version.rb
index 994e479..b37f512 100644
--- a/ruby/red-parquet/lib/parquet/version.rb
+++ b/ruby/red-parquet/lib/parquet/version.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # under the License.
 
 module Parquet
-  VERSION = "18.0.0"
+  VERSION = "18.1.0"
 
   module Version
     numbers, TAG = VERSION.split("-")