diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 6bd486bf..a491222e 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-unreleased
-==========
+1.18.1 / 2017-09-12
+===================
 
   * deps: content-type@~1.0.4
     - perf: remove argument reassignment
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 879b8e39..5e54240c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "body-parser",
   "description": "Node.js body parsing middleware",
-  "version": "1.18.0",
+  "version": "1.18.1",
   "contributors": [
     "Douglas Christopher Wilson <doug@somethingdoug.com>",
     "Jonathan Ong <me@jongleberry.com> (http://jongleberry.com)"