diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 151e024b..c6c0e6b6 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+Release 0.7.18 (14 April 2024)
+------------------------------
+
+Notable changes:
+
+ * Support ARM64 (#359)
+ * Output SAM header line (#336)
+ * Added the XB tag to output alignment score and mapping quality
+ * Fixed a compiling error with GCC 10 (#267)
+ * Avoid potential buffer overflow (#232)
+
+(0.7.18: 14 April 2024, r1243)
+
+
+
 Release 0.7.17 (23 October 2017)
 --------------------------------
 
diff --git a/bwa.1 b/bwa.1
index eefb235a..14601bde 100644
--- a/bwa.1
+++ b/bwa.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH bwa 1 "23 October 2017" "bwa-0.7.17-r1188" "Bioinformatics tools"
+.TH bwa 1 "14 April 2023" "bwa-0.7.18-r1243" "Bioinformatics tools"
 .SH NAME
 .PP
 bwa - Burrows-Wheeler Alignment Tool
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 22ccd405..e7c586b7 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include "utils.h"
 
 #ifndef PACKAGE_VERSION
-#define PACKAGE_VERSION "0.7.17-r1198-dirty"
+#define PACKAGE_VERSION "0.7.18-r1243-dirty"
 #endif
 
 int bwa_fa2pac(int argc, char *argv[]);