diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index b5a3cd4bc..e1cfcb1ec 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ $ cd ensmallen
 
 # - or -
 
-$ wget http://ensmallen.org/files/ensmallen-2.17.0.tar.gz
-$ tar -xvzpf ensmallen-2.17.0.tar.gz
+$ wget http://ensmallen.org/files/ensmallen-2.18.0.tar.gz
+$ tar -xvzpf ensmallen-2.18.0.tar.gz
 $ cd ensmallen-latest
 ```
 
diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index ed7bf3250..658a67e98 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-### ensmallen ?.??.?: "???"
-###### ????-??-??
+### ensmallen 2.18.0: "Fairmount Bagel"
+###### 2021-10-20
  * Add gradient value clipping and gradient norm scaling callback
    ([#315](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/315)).
 
diff --git a/include/ensmallen_bits/ens_version.hpp b/include/ensmallen_bits/ens_version.hpp
index e6bfd246c..d213d79af 100644
--- a/include/ensmallen_bits/ens_version.hpp
+++ b/include/ensmallen_bits/ens_version.hpp
@@ -15,17 +15,17 @@
 #define ENS_VERSION_MAJOR 2
 // The minor version is two digits so regular numerical comparisons of versions
 // work right.  The first minor version of a release is always 10.
-#define ENS_VERSION_MINOR 17
+#define ENS_VERSION_MINOR 18
 #define ENS_VERSION_PATCH 0
 // If this is a release candidate, it will be reflected in the version name
 // (i.e. the version name will be "RC1", "RC2", etc.).  Otherwise the version
 // name will typically be a seemingly arbitrary set of words that does not
 // contain the capitalized string "RC".
-#define ENS_VERSION_NAME "Pachis Din Me Pesa Double"
+#define ENS_VERSION_NAME "Fairmount Bagel"
 // Incorporate the date the version was released.
 #define ENS_VERSION_YEAR "2021"
-#define ENS_VERSION_MONTH "07"
-#define ENS_VERSION_DAY "06"
+#define ENS_VERSION_MONTH "10"
+#define ENS_VERSION_DAY "20"
 
 namespace ens {