diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
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--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 Cython Changelog
 ================
 
-0.18 (??)
-===================
+0.18 (2013-01-28)
+=================
 
 Features added
 --------------
diff --git a/Cython/Shadow.py b/Cython/Shadow.py
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--- a/Cython/Shadow.py
+++ b/Cython/Shadow.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # cython.* namespace for pure mode.
-__version__ = "0.18rc1"
+__version__ = "0.18"
 
 
 # BEGIN shameless copy from Cython/minivect/minitypes.py