diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index faa3628d5..e93d69259 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 * Core: Operation manager
 * Table: Added readRows operation in table service
 
+## 2.1.8 ##
+
+* Topics: Added DeferredCommitter class to group several read commits into one or just defer each commit without holding data reference
+* Topics: Added onCommitResponse callback for AsyncReader to subscribe to server event directly and control commits more efficiently
+* Topics: Removed usage of ForkJoinPool.commonPool()
+* Table: Fixed typo in SessionPoolStats
+
 ## 2.1.7 ##
 
 * Topics: Rethrow IO exceptions to user handlers while decoding messages
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d6600ed3c..4f10483b8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Firstly you can import YDB Java BOM to specify correct versions of SDK modules.
         <dependency>
             <groupId>tech.ydb</groupId>
             <artifactId>ydb-sdk-bom</artifactId>
-            <version>2.1.7</version>
+            <version>2.1.8</version>
             <type>pom</type>
             <scope>import</scope>
         </dependency>
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/version.properties b/core/src/main/resources/version.properties
index a8cfa076d..0833a7964 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/version.properties
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/version.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version=2.1.7
+version=2.1.8