diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f9ce5f45d..9301f1dcc 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ver 0.18.5 (20??/??/??)
+ver 0.18.5 (2013/11/23)
 * configuration
   - fix crash when db_file is configured without music_directory
   - fix crash on "stats" without db_file/music_directory
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b62cb22eb..b55c19e30 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
 
-AC_INIT(mpd, 0.18.5~git, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
+AC_INIT(mpd, 0.18.5, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
 
 VERSION_MAJOR=0
 VERSION_MINOR=18