diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c5ef9208e..1d8121ab9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@ The format is mostly based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1
 # Unreleased
 ## [18.x.x]
 ### Changed
--  If items of feed do not provide an author fallback to feed author (#1803) 
 
 ### Fixed
 
 # Releases
+## [18.1.0] - 2022-06-10
+Due to #1766 some Feeds might now have items that have `null` set as author instead of `""` clients need to handle this.
+
 ## [18.1.0-beta2] - 2022-05-31
 ### Changed
 -  If items of feed do not provide an author fallback to feed author (#1803) 
diff --git a/appinfo/info.xml b/appinfo/info.xml
index 30aa6a666..c7359b728 100644
--- a/appinfo/info.xml
+++ b/appinfo/info.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Create a [feature request](https://github.com/nextcloud/news/discussions/new)
 
 Report a [feed issue](https://github.com/nextcloud/news/discussions/new)
     ]]></description>
-    <version>18.1.0-beta2</version>
+    <version>18.1.0</version>
     <licence>agpl</licence>
     <author>Benjamin Brahmer</author>
     <author>Sean Molenaar</author>