diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index d6edbe90db4f..428eb02e8f36 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2.2.18.1
+ * Rebuild from targeted replica (CASSANDRA-9875)
+
 2.2.18
  * Fix CQL parsing of collections when the column type is reversed (CASSANDRA-15814)
 Merged from 2.1:
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 84172aa10a46..fc5f529eb53b 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <property name="debuglevel" value="source,lines,vars"/>
 
     <!-- default version and SCM information -->
-    <property name="base.version" value="2.2.18"/>
+    <property name="base.version" value="2.2.18.1"/>
     <property name="scm.connection" value="scm:https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/cassandra.git"/>
     <property name="scm.developerConnection" value="scm:https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/cassandra.git"/>
     <property name="scm.url" value="https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cassandra.git;a=tree"/>
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 70b34bf34aa8..3f259e6fd357 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+cassandra (2.2.18.1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+ * New release
+
+ -- Cameron Zemek <cameron@instaclustr.com> Fri, 23 Oct 2020 10:50:00 +1000
+
 cassandra (2.2.18) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * New release