diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1001c1857..3f0bfb868 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ver 0.18 (2012/??/??)
+ver 0.18 (2013/10/31)
 * configuration:
   - allow tilde paths for socket
   - default filesystem charset is UTF-8 instead of ISO-8859-1
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ ver 0.18 (2012/??/??)
 * improved decoder/output error reporting
 * eliminate timer wakeup on idle MPD
 * fix unresponsive MPD while waiting for stream
+* port of the source code to C++11
 
 ver 0.17.6 (2013/10/14)
 * mixer:
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0b1baad62..57f3167d2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
 
-AC_INIT(mpd, 0.18~git, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
+AC_INIT(mpd, 0.18, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
 
 VERSION_MAJOR=0
 VERSION_MINOR=18