diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index d594461a..d750ead4 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+2019/02/25  	Release v2.18
+
 2019/02/15  	Add TravisCI config
 		Fix double-free scenario in case if duplicate interface was specified (Fixes #100).
 		Separate systemd and SysV packaging
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0348099e..a6e76bf1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ dnl
 dnl
 
 dnl If adding rcX to version, be sure to separate with a '-' 
-AC_INIT(radvd, [2.18-rc1])
+AC_INIT(radvd, [2.18])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(radvd.c)
 AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE