diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index 4488840b0e..7839cb73ed 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ChangeLog {#changelog}
 =========
 
-# HEAD
+# 2.18.0 - 2022-12-15 # {#changelog_2_18_0}
 - The Windows .exe installer now supports Python 3.11.
 - The IMP::em::emreal type is deprecated; use plain `double` instead.
 - Most IMP Value types (e.g. IMP::algebra::Vector3D) now support serialization,
diff --git a/tools/rpm/IMP.spec.in b/tools/rpm/IMP.spec.in
index 5b17d78a67..bca88a5059 100644
--- a/tools/rpm/IMP.spec.in
+++ b/tools/rpm/IMP.spec.in
@@ -539,6 +539,9 @@ find ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_prefix}/share/IMP/tools -name '*.py' -exec perl -pi -e
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Dec 15 2022 Ben Webb <ben@salilab.org>   2.18.0-1
+- 2.18.0 release.
+
 * Thu Jun 23 2022 Ben Webb <ben@salilab.org>   2.17.0-1
 - 2.17.0 release.