diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index cbb8cbae..852ed67c 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.1.17
+1.1.18
diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index bab432d6..3d2fefa1 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -1852,3 +1852,13 @@ arch-specific bugs fixed:
 - fchown was broken on archs without SYS_fchown syscall
 - fstatat was broken on mips64
 - various incorrect constants in powerpc64 and mips headers
+
+
+1.1.18 release notes
+
+regression fixes:
+- glob failed to match literal . and .. path components
+- build for armv4t ISA level was broken
+
+other bug fixes:
+- stack overflow in posix_spawnp with large PATH variable in environment