diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 046260750e38045a85fbe9b0bb7d87b697afced7..befdf6dd5a2034cd620e92490ee52197b352fce2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1 @@
-# v2.7.17
-
-* bugfix for `satella.processes.call_and_return_stdout`
- regarding encoding handling
\ No newline at end of file
+# v2.7.18
diff --git a/satella/__init__.py b/satella/__init__.py
index b76685754a2814b6d462887becb8801200f5f0fa..fa287e484979e19a7d23db215c3e6b70c675e73a 100644
--- a/satella/__init__.py
+++ b/satella/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '2.7.17'
+__version__ = '2.7.18_a1'