diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index 779cae4..016f7a6 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+version 0.7.18
+--------------
+
+- better IRC support for tor (valesi)
+- issues: suppressed some uninteresting socket logging to fix #52
+- mempool: fixed small memory leak
+
 version 0.7.17
 --------------
 
diff --git a/server/version.py b/server/version.py
index 3a2a92c..71fdbbb 100644
--- a/server/version.py
+++ b/server/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-VERSION = "ElectrumX 0.7.17"
+VERSION = "ElectrumX 0.7.18"