diff --git a/Documentation/docinfo.xml b/Documentation/docinfo.xml
index 52854cdb7..8df019829 100644
--- a/Documentation/docinfo.xml
+++ b/Documentation/docinfo.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!-- TODO have the build system take care of this  -->
-<releaseinfo>Version 2.3.17 - October 2016</releaseinfo>
-<subtitle>for version 2.3.17</subtitle>
-<date>2016-10-20</date>
+<releaseinfo>Version 2.3.18 - November 2016</releaseinfo>
+<subtitle>for version 2.3.18</subtitle>
+<date>2016-11-28</date>
 
 <legalnotice>
   <para>Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".</para>
diff --git a/Documentation/includes/global-attributes.asciidoc b/Documentation/includes/global-attributes.asciidoc
index 670ddb8ba..913486e01 100644
--- a/Documentation/includes/global-attributes.asciidoc
+++ b/Documentation/includes/global-attributes.asciidoc
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@
 
 // TODO have the build system take care of this
 
-:release_version: 2.3.17
+:release_version: 2.3.18
 
 // vim: set syntax=asciidoc tabstop=2 shiftwidth=2 expandtab:
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 8db352e65..566de16c2 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-2.3.18 (2016-11-DD)
+2.3.18 (2016-11-28)
 -------------------
 
 New features
diff --git a/Version b/Version
index 0b64e9d58..98de30c72 100644
--- a/Version
+++ b/Version
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 
 MAJOR_VERSION=2
 MINOR_VERSION=3
-SUBMINOR_VERSION=17
+SUBMINOR_VERSION=18