diff --git a/adiwg-mdtranslator.gemspec b/adiwg-mdtranslator.gemspec
index 2da062d1b..bb2829a78 100644
--- a/adiwg-mdtranslator.gemspec
+++ b/adiwg-mdtranslator.gemspec
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
    spec.add_runtime_dependency "thor", "~> 0.19"
    spec.add_runtime_dependency "uuidtools", "~> 2.1"
    spec.add_runtime_dependency "json-schema", "~> 2.7"
-   spec.add_runtime_dependency "adiwg-mdjson_schemas", ">= 2.8"
+   spec.add_runtime_dependency "adiwg-mdjson_schemas", "~> 2.8"
    spec.add_runtime_dependency "adiwg-mdcodes", "~> 2.8"
    spec.add_runtime_dependency "jbuilder", "~> 2.5"
    spec.add_runtime_dependency "kramdown", "~> 1.13"
diff --git a/lib/adiwg/mdtranslator/version.rb b/lib/adiwg/mdtranslator/version.rb
index 44b9d59e2..17801b554 100644
--- a/lib/adiwg/mdtranslator/version.rb
+++ b/lib/adiwg/mdtranslator/version.rb
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
 module ADIWG
    module Mdtranslator
       # current mdtranslator version
-      VERSION = "2.18.1"
+      VERSION = "2.18.2"
    end
 end