diff --git a/doc/NEWS.md b/doc/NEWS.md
index 11c1b82..517d6ae 100644
--- a/doc/NEWS.md
+++ b/doc/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+1.7.18 - 28 July 2023 
+  * fix: language file installation had been broken by the configuration script rewrite
+
 1.7.17 - 27 July 2023
  * feature: new "`--sync`" option to flush cache to disk after every write (related to [GH#6](https://github.com/a-j-wood/pv/issues/6), to improve accuracy when writing to slow disks)
  * feature: new "`--direct-io`" option to bypass cache - implements [GH#29 "Option to enable *O_DIRECT*"](https://github.com/a-j-wood/pv/issues/29) - requested by Romain Kang, Jacek Wielemborek
diff --git a/doc/VERSION b/doc/VERSION
index 63c16ce..df1b094 100644
--- a/doc/VERSION
+++ b/doc/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.7.17
+1.7.18
diff --git a/doc/lsm.in b/doc/lsm.in
index a533296..a28cd9d 100644
--- a/doc/lsm.in
+++ b/doc/lsm.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Begin3
 Title:		@PACKAGE@
 Version:	@VERSION@
-Entered-date:	27JUL23
+Entered-date:	28JUL23
 Description:	A tool for monitoring the progress of data through a
 		pipeline.  It can be inserted into any normal pipeline
 		between two processes to give a visual indication of how