diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5dd8c18db..73d1aac65 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,7 +1,47 @@
 # Change Log
 
-## 2.17.6
-## 2.17.5
+## 2.18.1
+#### Core
+* General Retry Functionality #1145 @scottf
+* Cluster string in Placement is optional. #1150 @scottf
+* Remove duplicate reconnect event #1151 @scottf
+
+#### JetStream
+* Support 409 Leadership Change #1144 @scottf
+
+#### Doc
+* Update docs and comments (MessageQueue, forceReconnect) #1142 @scottf
+
+
+## 2.18.0 / 2.17.7
+
+2.18.0 and 2.17.7 are identical.
+
+2.18.0 attempts to start us on the road to properly [Semantic Version (semver)](https://semver.org/). In the last few patch releases, changes that should have been exposed via a minor version bump were numbered as a patch.
+
+Even if just one api is newly added, semver requires that we bump the minor version. The `forceReconnect` api is an example of one api being added to the Connection interface. It should have resulted in a minor version bump.
+
+Going forward, when a release contains only bug fixes, it's appropriate to simply bump the patch. But if an api is added, even one, then the minor version will be bumped.
+
+
+#### Core
+* Revert headers from being read-only upon message creation #1123 @scottf
+* tls_available support #1127 @scottf
+* Revisit Write Timeout Handling #1128 @scottf
+* Remove rethrowable runtime exception during connection #1137 @ajax-surovskyi-y
+
+#### JetStream
+* Fix #1125 NatsJetStreamMetaData timestamp timezone #1126 @mrmx
+
+#### Doc
+* Update Readme with links to docs and examples. #1119 @scottf
+
+#### Misc
+* Refactor Encoding util for easier replacement of Base64 encoding class #1121 @scottf
+
+
+
+## 2.17.6 / 2.17.5
 
 2.17.6 was released immediately after 2.17.5. The allowing of a comma delimited list of keys was removed. 
 This is noted since it was technically available for several hours even though it was never publicly announced,
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3a8b41eb4..5c64391af 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 ### A [Java](http://java.com) client for the [NATS messaging system](https://nats.io).
 
-**Current Release**: 2.18.0   **Current Snapshot**: 2.18.1-SNAPSHOT
+**Current Release**: 2.18.1   **Current Snapshot**: 2.18.2-SNAPSHOT
 
 [![License Apache 2](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-Apache2-blue.svg)](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
 [![Maven Central](https://maven-badges.herokuapp.com/maven-central/io.nats/jnats/badge.svg)](https://maven-badges.herokuapp.com/maven-central/io.nats/jnats)
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ Check out the [ServiceExample](src/examples/java/io/nats/examples/service/Servic
 
 ### Versions Specific Notes
 
-#### Version 2.18.0 (AKA 2.17.7)
+#### Version 2.18.1 (AKA 2.17.7)
 
-2.18.0 attempts to start us on the road to properly [Semantic Version (semver)](https://semver.org/). 
+2.18.1 attempts to start us on the road to properly [Semantic Version (semver)](https://semver.org/). 
 In the last few patch releases, there were technically things that should cause a minor version bump, 
 but were numbered as a patch.
 
@@ -434,9 +434,9 @@ Replace `{major.minor.patch}` with the correct version in the examples.
 
 ### Downloading the Jar
 
-You can download the latest jar at [https://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=io/nats/jnats/2.17.4/jnats-2.17.4.jar](https://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=io/nats/jnats/2.17.4/jnats-2.17.4.jar).
+You can download the latest jar at [https://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=io/nats/jnats/2.18.1/jnats-2.18.1.jar](https://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=io/nats/jnats/2.18.1/jnats-2.18.1.jar).
 
-The examples are available at [https://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=io/nats/jnats/2.17.4/jnats-2.17.4-examples.jar](https://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=io/nats/jnats/2.17.4/jnats-2.17.4-examples.jar).
+The examples are available at [https://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=io/nats/jnats/2.18.1/jnats-2.18.1-examples.jar](https://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=io/nats/jnats/2.18.1/jnats-2.18.1-examples.jar).
 
 To use NKeys, you will need the ed25519 library, which can be downloaded at [https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/net/i2p/crypto/eddsa/0.3.0/eddsa-0.3.0.jar](https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/net/i2p/crypto/eddsa/0.3.0/eddsa-0.3.0.jar).
 
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index b342b2716..744ed69da 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ plugins {
     id 'signing'
 }
 
-def jarVersion = "2.18.1"
+def jarVersion = "2.18.2"
 
 def isRelease = System.getenv("BUILD_EVENT") == "release"
 def brn = System.getenv("BRANCH_REF_NAME")