diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 262732dbec..dd56a4dda9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ set(OCE_VERSION_MINOR 18)
 # (uncomment following line)
 set(OCE_VERSION_PATCH)
 #  Empty for official releases, set to -dev, -rc1, etc for development releases
-set(OCE_VERSION_DEVEL -dev)
+set(OCE_VERSION_DEVEL)
 
 # bugfix release: add ${OCE_VERSION_PATCH} to OCE_VERSION
 set(OCE_VERSION ${OCE_VERSION_MAJOR}.${OCE_VERSION_MINOR}${OCE_VERSION_DEVEL})
 
-set(OCE_ABI_SOVERSION 10)
+set(OCE_ABI_SOVERSION 11)
 set(OCE_ABI_VERSION ${OCE_ABI_SOVERSION}.0.0)
 
 # Set the minimum version of cmake required to 2.6
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index e5d048aec9..a5c6d3acb7 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+### Version 0.18 - January 2017
+
+This version is not binary compatible with OCE 0.17.x, OCE_ABI_SOVERSION
+was incremented.
+
+* Upgraded to OCCT 6.9.1
+  http://www.opencascade.com/pub/doc/Release_Notes_6.7.0.pdf
+* Support VTK OpenGL2 backend
+
+* 0027385: assertion in static initializer in a Windows GUI application
+
+* Removed outdated OpenCL option
+
+*  Fix null pointer access in BRepMesh_EdgeTessellator
+
+Users who contributed to this release:
+  blobfish, Florian Chevassu, Julien Finet, Thomas Paviot
+
 ### Version 0.17.2 - May 2016
 
 This version is binary compatible with 0CE 0.17 and OCE 0.17.1
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9ce49311c5..5e583b1413 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ oce stands for **o**pencascade **c**ommunity **e**dition. This project aims at g
 
 You can download source code as well as precompiled binaries for windows at:
 
-**[oce-0.17.2](https://github.com/tpaviot/oce/releases/tag/OCE-0.17.2)** (June 2016)
+**[oce-0.18](https://github.com/tpaviot/oce/releases/tag/OCE-0.18)** (January 2017)
 
 ## OCE history
 
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Below are listed all the oce release since the beginning of the project, the OCC
 
 | OCE release number | ABI Change | OCE release date | OCCT version |
 | ------------- | ------------- |  ------------- |------------- |
+| [0.18](https://github.com/tpaviot/oce/releases/tag/OCE-0.18)  | Yes | January 2017 | 6.9.1
 | [0.17.2](https://github.com/tpaviot/oce/releases/tag/OCE-0.17.2)  | No | June 2016 | 6.8.0 
 | [0.17.1](https://github.com/tpaviot/oce/releases/tag/OCE-0.17.1)  | No | January 2016 | 6.8.0 |
 | [0.17](https://github.com/tpaviot/oce/releases/tag/OCE-0.17)  | Yes | March 2015 | 6.8.0 |
@@ -60,8 +61,8 @@ We use the following online resources:
   * Appveyor
        https://ci.appveyor.com/project/tpaviot/oce
 
-Just ask @tpaviot (tpaviot@gmail.com) or @dbarbier (bouzim@gmail.com) for a
-request regarding write access to the repository.
+Just ask @tpaviot (tpaviot@gmail.com) for a request regarding write access
+to the repository.
 
 ## Get the source and compile
  
diff --git a/appveyor-scripts/make-oce-msys.sh b/appveyor-scripts/make-oce-msys.sh
index 7856800a9e..dd0fa0ee5a 100644
--- a/appveyor-scripts/make-oce-msys.sh
+++ b/appveyor-scripts/make-oce-msys.sh
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ cmake -DOCE_VISUALISATION:BOOL=ON \
       -DOCE_WITH_FREEIMAGE:BOOL=OFF \
       -DOCE_TESTING:BOOL=ON \
       -DOCE_COPY_HEADERS_BUILD:BOOL=ON \
-      -DOCE_INSTALL_PREFIX=C:\\oce-0.18-dev \
+      -DOCE_INSTALL_PREFIX=C:\\oce-0.18 \
       -G'MSYS Makefiles' ..
 mingw32-make -j4
 mingw32-make install > /dev/null
 #
 # Finally run tests
 #
-export PATH=$PATH:/c/MinGW/bin:/c/oce-0.18-dev/$ARCH/bin:/c/MinGW/bin:
+export PATH=$PATH:/c/MinGW/bin:/c/oce-0.18/$ARCH/bin:/c/MinGW/bin:
 mingw32-make test
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 1fc9c9d74d..ca73a316cc 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-version: oce-0.18-dev.{build}
+version: oce-0.18.{build}
 
 environment:
-  oce_version: 0.18-dev
+  oce_version: 0.18
   matrix:
     - generator: "MSYS Makefiles"
       ARCH: "i686"