diff --git a/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/release-notes.md
index ac859b581..aa07e3c6b 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ## Next release
 
+## 0.18.0
+
 * Add docs for <a href="https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/tutorial/security/http-basic-auth/" target="_blank">HTTP Basic Auth</a>. PR <a href="https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/177" target="_blank">#177</a>.
 
 * Upgrade HTTP Basic Auth handling with automatic headers (automatic browser login prompt). PR <a href="https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/175" target="_blank">#175</a>.
diff --git a/fastapi/__init__.py b/fastapi/__init__.py
index e72650d92..686cad6ce 100644
--- a/fastapi/__init__.py
+++ b/fastapi/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """FastAPI framework, high performance, easy to learn, fast to code, ready for production"""
 
-__version__ = "0.17.0"
+__version__ = "0.18.0"
 
 from starlette.background import BackgroundTasks