diff --git a/hledger-lib/CHANGES.md b/hledger-lib/CHANGES.md
index cd3a146d0..0c457beac 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/CHANGES.md
+++ b/hledger-lib/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Internal/api/developer-ish changes in the hledger-lib (and hledger) packages.
 For user-visible changes, see the hledger package changelog.
 
-# c59565ca
+# 1.18 2020-06-06
 
 - added: getHledgerCliOpts', takes an explicit argument list
 
diff --git a/hledger-ui/CHANGES.md b/hledger-ui/CHANGES.md
index b8bdcbf69..b5258f607 100644
--- a/hledger-ui/CHANGES.md
+++ b/hledger-ui/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 User-visible changes in hledger-ui.
 See also the hledger changelog.
 
-# 5757c386
+# 1.18 2020-06-06
 
 - builds with hledger 1.18
 
diff --git a/hledger-web/CHANGES.md b/hledger-web/CHANGES.md
index ae7b94dd0..3565734d0 100644
--- a/hledger-web/CHANGES.md
+++ b/hledger-web/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 User-visible changes in hledger-web.
 See also the hledger changelog.
 
-# a91cb903
+# 1.18 2020-06-06
 
 - Hyperlinks are now more robust when there are multiple journal
   files, eg links from register to journal now work properly. (#1041)
diff --git a/hledger/CHANGES.md b/hledger/CHANGES.md
index a9a416188..7e415d0b7 100644
--- a/hledger/CHANGES.md
+++ b/hledger/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 User-visible changes in the hledger command line tool and library.
 
 
-# b86ced5e
+# 1.18 2020-06-06
 
 ## General