diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2c284834..033eb540 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+# PonyORM release 0.7.18 (2024-08-26)
+
+## Features
+
+* Add Python 3.12 support
+
+## Bugfixes
+
+* Fix #704 JSON handling in SQLite >= 3.45
+
+
 # PonyORM release 0.7.17 (2023-09-25)
 
 ## Features
diff --git a/pony/__init__.py b/pony/__init__.py
index 536130f1..e87570de 100644
--- a/pony/__init__.py
+++ b/pony/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import os, sys
 from os.path import dirname
 
-__version__ = '0.7.17'
+__version__ = '0.7.18'
 
 def detect_mode():
     try: import google.appengine