diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 53ff996221..45dbb07832 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2.1.8rc2 to 2.1.8:
+
+
 2.1.8rc1 to 2.1.8rc2:
   - Second round of changes for MSPileup data placement logic (Valentin Kuznetsov) #11499
   - MSpileup integration with MSManager (Valentin Kuznetsov) #11504
diff --git a/src/python/WMCore/__init__.py b/src/python/WMCore/__init__.py
index 2be8a45357..a3b316543f 100644
--- a/src/python/WMCore/__init__.py
+++ b/src/python/WMCore/__init__.py
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 
 """
 
-__version__ = '2.1.8rc2'
+__version__ = '2.1.8'
 __all__ = []