diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b75f0a97..8e27f75e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .PHONY: test html counts coverage sdist clean install doc integration diagrams
 default: test
-VERSION = 0.20.0
+VERSION = 18.0.0
 
 test:
 	PYTHONPATH=. trial --reporter=text test
diff --git a/docs/release-checklist.rst b/docs/release-checklist.rst
index b3cdf2df..a9d891e0 100644
--- a/docs/release-checklist.rst
+++ b/docs/release-checklist.rst
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Release Checklist
    * update heading, date
 
 * on both signing-machine and build-machine shells:
-   * export VERSION=0.20.0
+   * export VERSION=18.0.0
 
 * (if on signing machine) "make dist" and "make dist-sigs"
    * creates:
diff --git a/docs/releases.rst b/docs/releases.rst
index 5ed96a96..7291a057 100644
--- a/docs/releases.rst
+++ b/docs/releases.rst
@@ -7,15 +7,27 @@ There isn't a "release schedule" in any sense. If there is something
 in master your project depends upon, let me know and I'll do a
 release.
 
-Starting after v0.20.x versions will follow `calendar versioning
-<http://calver.org/>`_ with the major version being the 2-digit
-year. The second digit will be "non-trivial" releases and the third
-will be for bugfix releases.
+txtorcon follows `calendar versioning <http://calver.org/>`_ with the
+major version being the 2-digit year. The second digit will be
+"non-trivial" releases and the third will be for bugfix releases. So
+the second release in 2019 would be "19.2.0" and a bug-fix release of
+that will be "19.2.1".
+
+See also :ref:`api_stability`.
+
 
 unreleased
 ----------
 
-`git master <https://github.com/meejah/txtorcon>`_ *will likely become v18.0.0*
+`git master <https://github.com/meejah/txtorcon>`_ *will likely become v19.0.0*
+
+
+v18.0.0
+-------
+
+June 21, 2018
+
+ * `txtorcon-18.0.0.tar.gz <http://timaq4ygg2iegci7.onion/txtorcon-18.0.0.tar.gz>`_ (`PyPI <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/txtorcon/18.0.0>`_ (:download:`local-sig </../signatues/txtorcon-18.0.0.tar.gz.asc>` or `github-sig <https://github.com/meejah/txtorcon/blob/master/signatues/txtorcon-18.0.0.tar.gz.asc?raw=true>`_) (`source <https://github.com/meejah/txtorcon/archive/v18.0.0.tar.gz>`_)
 
  * `await_all_uploads` options when creating Onions
  * properly re-map progress percentages (including descriptor uploads)
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new file mode 100644
index 00000000..95c28134
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new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
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diff --git a/txtorcon/_metadata.py b/txtorcon/_metadata.py
index 120988ed..70574b3e 100644
--- a/txtorcon/_metadata.py
+++ b/txtorcon/_metadata.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = '0.20.0'
+__version__ = '18.0.0'
 __author__ = 'meejah'
 __contact__ = 'meejah@meejah.ca'
 __url__ = 'https://github.com/meejah/txtorcon'