diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 23590fe3..00a89dcf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 The release notes tracked in this document are also made available on the [releases page](https://github.com/medialize/URI.js/releases)
 
-### master
+### 1.18.5 (January 30th 2017) ###
 
 * prevent `new URI(null)` from blowing up - [PR #321](https://github.com/medialize/URI.js/issues/321)
 * fixing [`URI.withinString()`](http://medialize.github.io/URI.js/docs.html#static-withinString) to properly handle fully contained parentheses - [Issue #325](https://github.com/medialize/URI.js/issues/325)
diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index 6fbcff2e..ad672486 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "urijs",
-  "version": "1.18.4",
+  "version": "1.18.5",
   "main": "src/URI.js",
   "ignore": [
     ".*",
diff --git a/build.js b/build.js
index 0808d985..950940f8 100644
--- a/build.js
+++ b/build.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ function build(files) {
             output_format: "text",
             output_info: "compiled_code"
         }, function(data) {
-            var code = "/*! URI.js v1.18.4 http://medialize.github.io/URI.js/ */\n/* build contains: " + files.join(', ') + " */\n" + data;
+            var code = "/*! URI.js v1.18.5 http://medialize.github.io/URI.js/ */\n/* build contains: " + files.join(', ') + " */\n" + data;
             $progress.hide();
             $out.val(code).parent().show();
             $out.prev().find('a').remove();
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c94e3969..88080e96 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "urijs",
-  "version": "1.18.4",
+  "version": "1.18.5",
   "title": "URI.js - Mutating URLs",
   "author": {
     "name": "Rodney Rehm",
diff --git a/src/IPv6.js b/src/IPv6.js
index 915f76fa..98b47a3f 100644
--- a/src/IPv6.js
+++ b/src/IPv6.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * URI.js - Mutating URLs
  * IPv6 Support
  *
- * Version: 1.18.4
+ * Version: 1.18.5
  *
  * Author: Rodney Rehm
  * Web: http://medialize.github.io/URI.js/
diff --git a/src/SecondLevelDomains.js b/src/SecondLevelDomains.js
index c42d1aa6..69fa76b5 100644
--- a/src/SecondLevelDomains.js
+++ b/src/SecondLevelDomains.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * URI.js - Mutating URLs
  * Second Level Domain (SLD) Support
  *
- * Version: 1.18.4
+ * Version: 1.18.5
  *
  * Author: Rodney Rehm
  * Web: http://medialize.github.io/URI.js/
diff --git a/src/URI.js b/src/URI.js
index 61fb3325..9d691f80 100644
--- a/src/URI.js
+++ b/src/URI.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*!
  * URI.js - Mutating URLs
  *
- * Version: 1.18.4
+ * Version: 1.18.5
  *
  * Author: Rodney Rehm
  * Web: http://medialize.github.io/URI.js/
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
     return this;
   }
 
-  URI.version = '1.18.4';
+  URI.version = '1.18.5';
 
   var p = URI.prototype;
   var hasOwn = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty;
diff --git a/src/URITemplate.js b/src/URITemplate.js
index fddcab70..0280fa73 100644
--- a/src/URITemplate.js
+++ b/src/URITemplate.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * URI.js - Mutating URLs
  * URI Template Support - http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6570
  *
- * Version: 1.18.4
+ * Version: 1.18.5
  *
  * Author: Rodney Rehm
  * Web: http://medialize.github.io/URI.js/
diff --git a/src/jquery.URI.js b/src/jquery.URI.js
index 0dd4a397..23b7a511 100644
--- a/src/jquery.URI.js
+++ b/src/jquery.URI.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * URI.js - Mutating URLs
  * jQuery Plugin
  *
- * Version: 1.18.4
+ * Version: 1.18.5
  *
  * Author: Rodney Rehm
  * Web: http://medialize.github.io/URI.js/jquery-uri-plugin.html