diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
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@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+	--- 9.18.0 released ---
+
 5796.	[bug]		Ignore the invalid (<= 0) values returned
 			by the sysconf() check for the L1 cache line
 			size.  [GL #3108]