diff --git a/Debian/18/bookworm/.versions.json b/Debian/18/bookworm/.versions.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a55ddc5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Debian/18/bookworm/.versions.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "BARMAN_VERSION": "3.14.0",
+  "IMAGE_RELEASE_VERSION": "1",
+  "POSTGRES_IMAGE_LAST_UPDATED": "2025-07-01T14:09:06.900678Z",
+  "POSTGRES_IMAGE_VERSION": "18beta1-bookworm"
+}
diff --git a/Debian/18/bullseye/.versions.json b/Debian/18/bullseye/.versions.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5db8b73c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Debian/18/bullseye/.versions.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "BARMAN_VERSION": "3.14.0",
+  "IMAGE_RELEASE_VERSION": "1",
+  "POSTGRES_IMAGE_LAST_UPDATED": "2025-07-01T08:11:13.699314Z",
+  "POSTGRES_IMAGE_VERSION": "18beta1-bullseye"
+}
diff --git a/Debian/Dockerfile-beta.template b/Debian/Dockerfile-beta.template
index 6a456475..9dc79c89 100644
--- a/Debian/Dockerfile-beta.template
+++ b/Debian/Dockerfile-beta.template
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ LABEL org.opencontainers.image.description="This Docker image contains PostgreSQ
 COPY requirements.txt /
 
 # Install additional extensions
-RUN set -xe; \
-	apt-get update; \
-	apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-		"postgresql-${PG_MAJOR}-pgvector" \
-	; \
-	rm -fr /tmp/* ; \
-	rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*;
+# RUN set -xe; \
+#	apt-get update; \
+#	apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+#		"postgresql-${PG_MAJOR}-pgvector" \
+#	; \
+#	rm -fr /tmp/* ; \
+#	rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*;
 
 # Install barman-cloud
 RUN set -xe; \
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5e1fea6a..e4597bf6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,11 +11,13 @@
 
 # CNPG PostgreSQL Container Images
 
-This repository provides maintenance scripts for generating immutable
-application containers for all supported PostgreSQL versions (13 to 17).
-These containers are designed to serve as operands for the
-[CloudNativePG (CNPG) operator](https://cloudnative-pg.io) in Kubernetes
-environments.
+This repository provides maintenance scripts for generating **immutable
+application containers** for all supported PostgreSQL versions (13 to 17),
+as well as for PostgreSQL 18 beta.
+
+These containers are designed to serve as **operands** for the
+[CloudNativePG (CNPG) operator](https://cloudnative-pg.io)
+within Kubernetes environments.
 
 ## Key Features
 
diff --git a/lib/repo_funcs.sh b/lib/repo_funcs.sh
index 2afddd3f..a9172298 100644
--- a/lib/repo_funcs.sh
+++ b/lib/repo_funcs.sh
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ generate_postgres() {
 	fi
 
 	# Update requirements.txt
+	mkdir -p "$versionDir"
 	echo "$requirements" > "$versionDir/requirements.txt"
 
 	# Output the image being updated