diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c57d95737..1f361fccb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Changes by Version
 
-## 3.18.1 (unreleased)
+## 3.18.1 (2020-08-14)
 
-* Noting yet.
+* Always read thrift defs from `./` to better support bundling (#441) - Hendrik Liebau
 
 ## 3.18.0 (2020-04-21)
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c1da34c74..55f57a1c2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "jaeger-client",
-  "version": "3.18.1dev",
+  "version": "3.18.1",
   "description": "Jaeger binding for OpenTracing API for Node.js",
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=0.10"