diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 JuMP release notes
 ==================
 
+Version 0.18.0 (July 27, 2017)
+------------------------------
+
+   * Drop support for Julia 0.5.
+   * Update for ForwardDiff 0.5.
+   * Minor bug fixes.
+
+
 Version 0.17.1 (June 9, 2017)
 -------------------------------
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -37,11 +37,14 @@ Our documentation includes an installation guide, quick-start guide, and referen
 
 [juliaopt-notebooks]: https://github.com/JuliaOpt/juliaopt-notebooks
 
-**Latest Release**: 0.17.1 (via ``Pkg.add``)
-  * [Documentation](http://www.juliaopt.org/JuMP.jl/0.17/)
-  * [Examples](https://github.com/JuliaOpt/JuMP.jl/tree/release-0.17/examples)
+**Read about the upcoming transition to MathOptInterface and breaking changes in JuMP 0.19 [here](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/mathoptinterface-and-upcoming-breaking-changes-in-jump-0-19).**
+
+**Latest Release**: 0.18.0 (via ``Pkg.add``)
+  * [Documentation](http://www.juliaopt.org/JuMP.jl/0.18/)
+  * [Examples](https://github.com/JuliaOpt/JuMP.jl/tree/release-0.18/examples)
+>>>>>>> 4feabb4... prep for 0.18.0
   * Testing status:
-    * TravisCI: [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/JuliaOpt/JuMP.jl.svg?branch=release-0.17)](https://travis-ci.org/JuliaOpt/JuMP.jl)
+    * TravisCI: [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/JuliaOpt/JuMP.jl.svg?branch=release-0.18)](https://travis-ci.org/JuliaOpt/JuMP.jl)
     * PackageEvaluator:
       [![JuMP](http://pkg.julialang.org/badges/JuMP_0.5.svg)](http://pkg.julialang.org/?pkg=JuMP&ver=0.5)
       [![JuMP](http://pkg.julialang.org/badges/JuMP_0.6.svg)](http://pkg.julialang.org/?pkg=JuMP&ver=0.6)