diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 35d72c3..69cb020 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+### mate-terminal 1.18.3
+
+  * Find dialog: fix keyboard selection
+  * Profile editor: properly initialize the first palette color
+  * Fix possible crash when handling DBus method call
+
 ### mate-terminal 1.18.2
 
   * Translations update
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ba6ed97..72777fe 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],[2])
+m4_define([gt_version_micro],[3])
 m4_define([gt_version_extra],[])
 m4_define([gt_version],[gt_version_major().gt_version_minor().gt_version_micro()gt_version_extra])