diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 6fd8b4825..16a3b3b94 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Changelog for Shake (* = breaking change)
 
+0.18.4, released 2019-12-15
     #734, add Forward.cacheActionWith
     #734, make forward fail if shakeLintInside is empty
 *   #701, make shakeSymlink=False the default
diff --git a/shake.cabal b/shake.cabal
index ca8ae57bb..6bfe35cb2 100644
--- a/shake.cabal
+++ b/shake.cabal
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cabal-version:      >= 1.18
 build-type:         Simple
 name:               shake
-version:            0.18.3
+version:            0.18.4
 license:            BSD3
 license-file:       LICENSE
 category:           Development, Shake