diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index cae6e253ae..c12f0d56f8 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 OpenLDAP 2.5 Change Log
 
-OpenLDAP 2.5.18 Engineering
+OpenLDAP 2.5.18 Release (2024/05/21)
 	Fixed libldap exit handling with OpenSSL3 again (ITS#9952)
 	Fixed libldap OpenSSL channel binding digest (ITS#10216)
 	Fixed slapd handling of large uid/gids peercred auth (ITS#10211)
diff --git a/build/version.var b/build/version.var
index 7bd3498de0..e2d8e9f9cb 100644
--- a/build/version.var
+++ b/build/version.var
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
 ol_package=OpenLDAP
 ol_major=2
 ol_minor=5
-ol_patch=X
-ol_api_inc=20517
+ol_patch=18
+ol_api_inc=20518
 ol_api_current=1
-ol_api_revision=12
+ol_api_revision=13
 ol_api_age=1
-ol_release_date="2024/01/29"
+ol_release_date="2024/05/21"