diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index 2a31b1f..a48c88c 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # encoding: UTF-8
 #
 default[:monasca_notification][:user] = 'monasca-notification'
-default[:monasca_notification][:group] = 'monasca-notification'
+default[:monasca_notification][:group] = 'monasca'
 default[:monasca_notification][:conf_dir] = '/etc/monasca'
 default[:monasca_notification][:log_dir] = '/var/log/monasca'
 default[:monasca_notification][:data_bag] = 'monasca_notification'
diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index b6b6517..5de4f53 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ maintainer_email 'hpcs-mon@hp.com'
 license          'All rights reserved'
 description      'Installs/Configures monasca_notification'
 long_description IO.read(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'README.md'))
-version          '0.1.17'
+version          '0.1.18'
 depends          'python'