diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 60f002e19..f25fc443e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ver 0.18.1 (2013/11/??)
+ver 0.18.1 (2013/11/04)
 * protocol:
   - always ignore whitespace at the end of the line
 * networking:
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 069035273..acd6ff27a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
 
-AC_INIT(mpd, 0.18.1~git, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
+AC_INIT(mpd, 0.18.1, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
 
 VERSION_MAJOR=0
 VERSION_MINOR=18