diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f97e36dc..baa8884c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+Major changes in 3.18.0:
+* Updated translations for:
+  * Danish (Kenneth Nielsen)
+  * Italian (Milo Casagrande)
+  * Japanese (Jiro Matsuzawa)
+  * Russian (Stas Solovey)
+  * Turkish (Muhammet Kara)
+
 Major changes in 3.17.92:
 * Updated translations for:
   * Chinese (Taiwan)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index eb7e4b9b..27b8941c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dnl -*- mode: m4 -*-
 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
-AC_INIT([gnome-calendar],[3.17.92],[http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=gnome-calendar],[gnome-calendar],[https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Calendar])
+AC_INIT([gnome-calendar],[3.18.0],[http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=gnome-calendar],[gnome-calendar],[https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Calendar])
 
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/main.c])