diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6810de9..63b3240 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+### mate-terminal 1.18.1
+
+  * Translations update
+  * Fix: Double click with right button causes Xorg to crash
+
 ### mate-terminal 1.18.0
 
   * NEWS: use consistent, project wide, markdown-like formatting
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7e1515d..915d867 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 m4_define([gt_version_major],[1])
 m4_define([gt_version_minor],[18])
-m4_define([gt_version_micro],[0])
+m4_define([gt_version_micro],[1])
 m4_define([gt_version_extra],[])
 m4_define([gt_version],[gt_version_major().gt_version_minor().gt_version_micro()gt_version_extra])