diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c491a14..be8b484 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Version 2.18
+- Add TMPDIR to tukit binddirs for Salt
+- 98selinux-microos: Add chroot as dependency
+- Fix spelling error in warning
+
 Version 2.17
 - selinux-autorelabel-generator: Don't cross partition boundaries
   for /.snapshots when relabeling [issue#11]
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 795ff5b..b52ef9f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
-AC_INIT(microos-tools, 2.17)
+AC_INIT(microos-tools, 2.18)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
 AC_PREFIX_DEFAULT(/usr)