diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2bee4945b72..30e57c2377d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ ENABLE_TESTING()
 # Version number of gnucash
 SET (GNUCASH_MAJOR_VERSION 2)
 SET (GNUCASH_MINOR_VERSION 6)
-SET (GNUCASH_MICRO_VERSION 17)
+SET (GNUCASH_MICRO_VERSION 18)
 SET (GNUCASH_NANO_VERSION 0)
 SET (VERSION "${GNUCASH_MAJOR_VERSION}.${GNUCASH_MINOR_VERSION}.${GNUCASH_MICRO_VERSION}")
 SET (GNUCASH_LATEST_STABLE_SERIES 2.6)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d0e0b172ceb..87eeda8eacd 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,24 @@
 Version history:
 ------- -------
+2.6.18 - 24 September 2017
+
+The following bugs are fixed:
+     Bug 644898 - Calendar of upcoming SXes has various display issues
+     Bug 647805 - Interdependent report options fail to change state after
+                  using apply for a limited number of times.
+     Bug 771246 - Set Invoice/Bill items date correctly from imported CSV.
+     Bug 784284 - unifying "Clear the entry." tooltip on Loan Repayment
+                  Calculator
+     Bug 787479 - Persian currency symbol is doubled.
+
+Other repairs not marked as bugs in git:
+      Added Catalan Accounts for the New Account Assistant
+      Fixed errors from loading init.py.
+      Run the python bindings tests in a CMake build.
+      Implement dist, distcheck, and uninstall targets for CMake build.
+
+Updated Translations: Farsi, German, Japanese, Latvian, Serbian, Spanish
+
 2.6.17 - 2 July 2017
 
 The following bugs are fixed:
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 06490652c92..a389b4d026b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 # Autoconf initialization
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
-AC_INIT([GnuCash], [2.6.17], [https://bugzilla.gnome.org/page.cgi?id=browse.html&product=GnuCash], , [http://www.gnucash.org/])
+AC_INIT([GnuCash], [2.6.18], [https://bugzilla.gnome.org/page.cgi?id=browse.html&product=GnuCash], , [http://www.gnucash.org/])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(config.h)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(src/engine/Transaction.h)
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([macros])