diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index e9bcb41..8734161 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -20,11 +20,12 @@ Pygit2 links:
 Quick install guide
 ===================
 
-1. Download libgit2 v0.17.0
-   https://github.com/downloads/libgit2/libgit2/libgit2-0.17.0.tar.gz
+1. Checkout libgi2 v0.18.0::
+
+   $ git clone git://github.com/libgit2/libgit2.git -b v0.18.0
 
 2. Build and install libgit2
-   http://libgit2.github.com/#install
+   https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/#building-libgit2---using-cmake
 
 3. Install pygit2 with *pip*::
 
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ pygit2 project (sorted alphabetically):
 - András Veres-Szentkirályi
 - Ben Davis
 - Benjamin Kircher
+- Benjamin Pollack
 - Bryan O'Sullivan
 - Carlos Martín Nieto
 - Christian Boos
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index e2826b5..4f3be7f 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ copyright = u'2013, J. David Ibáñez'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '0.17'
+version = '0.18'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '0.17.3'
+release = '0.18.0'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/pygit2/version.py b/pygit2/version.py
index 5607b07..c5bbeaf 100644
--- a/pygit2/version.py
+++ b/pygit2/version.py
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@
 # the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
 # Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 
-__version__ = '0.17.4dev'
+__version__ = '0.18.0'