diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index 123ca766e..dc9ba6d8b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Binaries
 
-### 0.2.18-alpha
+### 0.2.18 - 2013-02-28
 
 **Upgrading from 0.2.17**: all V2 clients of nsqd now receive heartbeats (previously only clients
-that subscribed would receive heartbeats, excluding TCP producers).
+that subscribed would receive heartbeats, excluding TCP *producers*).
 
 **Upgrading from 0.2.16**: follow the notes in the 0.2.17 changelog for upgrading from 0.2.16.
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6f7aee9fb..5fd4540db 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ data format (messages can be JSON, [MsgPack][msgpack], [Protocol Buffers][go-pro
 else). Official Go and Python libraries are available out of the box and, if you're interested in
 building your own client, there's a [protocol spec][protocol] (see [client libraries](#client)).
 
-The latest stable release is **[0.2.17][latest_tag]**. We publish [binary releases][binary] for
+The latest stable release is **[0.2.18][latest_tag]**. We publish [binary releases][binary] for
 linux and darwin.
 
 NOTE: master is our *development* branch and may *not* be stable at all times.
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ NSQ was designed and developed by Matt Reiferson ([@imsnakes][snakes_twitter]) a
 [design]: docs/design.md
 [docs]: docs
 [patterns]: docs/patterns.md
-[latest_tag]: https://github.com/bitly/nsq/tree/v0.2.17
+[latest_tag]: https://github.com/bitly/nsq/tree/v0.2.18
 [pynsq_pypi]: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pynsq
 [nodensq_npm]: https://npmjs.org/package/nsq
 [ruby_nsq_rubygems]: http://rubygems.org/gems/ruby_nsq
diff --git a/util/binary_version.go b/util/binary_version.go
index 93978861d..eaf220efa 100644
--- a/util/binary_version.go
+++ b/util/binary_version.go
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 package util
 
-const BINARY_VERSION = "0.2.18-alpha"
+const BINARY_VERSION = "0.2.18"