diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 182070e09..f5481e506 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Changelog
 |kitty| is a feature full, cross-platform, *fast*, GPU based terminal emulator.
 To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
 
-0.18.1 [future]
+0.18.1 [2020-06-23]
 --------------------
 
 - macOS: Fix for diff kitten not working with python 3.8 (:iss:`2780`)
diff --git a/kitty/constants.py b/kitty/constants.py
index 52bd98f7c..518b99a65 100644
--- a/kitty/constants.py
+++ b/kitty/constants.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class Version(NamedTuple):
 
 
 appname: str = 'kitty'
-version: Version = Version(0, 18, 0)
+version: Version = Version(0, 18, 1)
 str_version: str = '.'.join(map(str, version))
 _plat = sys.platform.lower()
 is_macos: bool = 'darwin' in _plat