diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 1aca9c47b3..a251543ca1 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 
+2.6-beta2-18 | 2018-10-03 11:09:04 -0500
+
+  * Fix memory leak in broker type checking (Jon Siwek, Corelight)
+
 2.6-beta2-17 | 2018-10-02 16:05:10 -0500
 
   * Update testing/btest/README (Jon Siwek, Corelight)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 11e036dcbc..b525750f18 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.6-beta2-17
+2.6-beta2-18
diff --git a/src/broker/Data.cc b/src/broker/Data.cc
index 79fd0eba1a..b27a33d5ef 100644
--- a/src/broker/Data.cc
+++ b/src/broker/Data.cc
@@ -684,8 +684,6 @@ struct type_checker {
 				return false;
 				}
 
-			auto list_val = new ListVal(TYPE_ANY);
-
 			for ( auto i = 0u; i < indices_to_check.size(); ++i )
 				{
 				auto expect = (*expected_index_types)[i];