diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 83a6a1721be36ba248af3f83b207f0d804fddb66..b7125219fbd6ad109237a3ac0d21b4905a953228 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1 @@
-# v2.17.17
-
-* added automatic enum parsing to satella's JSONEncoder
-* Satella's JSON file handling will internally use Satella's JSONEncoder
-* added ExponentialBackoff.launch 
+# v2.17.18
diff --git a/satella/__init__.py b/satella/__init__.py
index 36043c8302fe1c1cbac1ded89a4399fab8876f7d..487940e3aacd669ff41b24c148cd31905e6d550b 100644
--- a/satella/__init__.py
+++ b/satella/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '2.17.17'
+__version__ = '2.17.18a1'