diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 8eb44c9..4919270 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ copyright = u'2009-2013, Jan Dittberner'
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = '0.2.18'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '0.2.18dev'
+release = '0.2.18'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 723be12..4504706 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ except ImportError:
 
 setup(
     name='ddportfolioservice',
-    version='0.2.17',
+    version='0.2.18',
     description='service to create DDPortfolio URLs',
     long_description="""This is a service implementation that
 returns a set of personalized URLs as outlined in