diff --git a/app/lib/shared/versions.dart b/app/lib/shared/versions.dart
index 6445d1ca86..d1e32a7ac5 100644
--- a/app/lib/shared/versions.dart
+++ b/app/lib/shared/versions.dart
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import 'package:pub_semver/pub_semver.dart';
 import 'utils.dart' show isNewer;
 
 // update this whenever one of the other versions change
-final String runtimeVersion = '2018.7.28';
+final String runtimeVersion = '2018.08.02';
 final Version semanticRuntimeVersion = new Version.parse(runtimeVersion);
 
 // keep in-sync with SDK version in .travis.yml, .mono_repo.yml and Dockerfile
diff --git a/app/test/shared/versions_test.dart b/app/test/shared/versions_test.dart
index 025352700a..0fb4c51aff 100644
--- a/app/test/shared/versions_test.dart
+++ b/app/test/shared/versions_test.dart
@@ -21,7 +21,13 @@ void main() {
       dartdocVersion,
       customizationVersion,
     ].join('//').hashCode;
-    expect(hash, 1051343778);
+    expect(hash, 425687417);
+  });
+
+  test('runtime version should be (somewhat) lexicographically ordered', () {
+    expect(runtimeVersion.length, greaterThanOrEqualTo(10));
+    expect(new RegExp(r'\d{4}\.\d{2}\.\d{2}.*').matchAsPrefix(runtimeVersion),
+        isNotNull);
   });
 
   test('runtime sdk version should match travis and dockerfile', () async {