diff --git a/contrib/Debian/changelog b/contrib/Debian/changelog
index 209fcbcb..cf55e055 100644
--- a/contrib/Debian/changelog
+++ b/contrib/Debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+ngircd (18-0ab1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * New "upstream" release: ngIRCd 18.
+
+ -- Alexander Barton <alex@barton.de>  Sun, 10 Jul 2011 20:03:20 +0200
+
 ngircd (18~rc2-0ab1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New "upstream" release candidate 2 for ngIRCd Release 18.
diff --git a/contrib/ngircd.spec b/contrib/ngircd.spec
index 7b7047aa..ff6cdbda 100644
--- a/contrib/ngircd.spec
+++ b/contrib/ngircd.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 %define name    ngircd
-%define version 18~rc2
+%define version 18
 %define release 1
 %define prefix  %{_prefix}