diff --git a/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/release-notes.md
index ddede18e..32351425 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Latest Changes
 
+## 0.0.18
+
 ### Internal
 
 * ✨ Add sqlmodel-slim setup. PR [#916](https://github.com/tiangolo/sqlmodel/pull/916) by [@tiangolo](https://github.com/tiangolo).
diff --git a/sqlmodel/__init__.py b/sqlmodel/__init__.py
index 39a8d464..397c07f5 100644
--- a/sqlmodel/__init__.py
+++ b/sqlmodel/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "0.0.18.dev1"
+__version__ = "0.0.18"
 
 # Re-export from SQLAlchemy
 from sqlalchemy.engine import create_engine as create_engine