diff --git a/MekHQ/docs/history.txt b/MekHQ/docs/history.txt
index 6b32605499..a2e3c4f93b 100644
--- a/MekHQ/docs/history.txt
+++ b/MekHQ/docs/history.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 MEKHQ VERSION HISTORY:
 ---------------
-0.49.18-SNAPSHOT
+0.49.18 (2024-02-17 1800 UTC)
 + PR #3805: Adaptations for the Internal Bomb Bay quirk
 + PR #3801: New StratCon Scenario Modifiers (Thanks Thom293)
 + PR #3788: Adjust campaign creation dialogs to have correct jdialod owner
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 88445e4267..8cd63d9532 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ allprojects {
 
 subprojects {
     group = 'org.megamek'
-    version = '0.49.18-SNAPSHOT'
+    version = '0.49.18'
 }
 
 ext {