diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3e03c2fa..091b2a42 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Changelog #
 
 
-## v0.18.0 (2022-11-?)  - Unreleased ##
+## v0.18.0 (2022-11-16) ##
 Contributors:
 Special thanks to all contributors for this release - details inline!
 
diff --git a/gitlint-core/gitlint/__init__.py b/gitlint-core/gitlint/__init__.py
index 365efe3c..1317d755 100644
--- a/gitlint-core/gitlint/__init__.py
+++ b/gitlint-core/gitlint/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.18.0dev"
+__version__ = "0.18.0"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 78c91cd5..21b3c42e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 """
 
 
-version = "0.18.0dev"
+version = "0.18.0"
 
 setup(
     name="gitlint",