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 # Changelog
 
+For official release notes for Docker Engine CE and Docker Engine EE, visit the
+[https://docs.docker.com/engine/release-notes/](release notes page).
+
+## 18.09.0 (2018-11-08)
+
+### Deprecation
+
 For more information on the list of deprecated flags and APIs, have a look at
 https://docs.docker.com/engine/deprecated/ where you can find the target removal dates
 
-## 18.09.0 (2018-MM-DD)
-
-### Deprecation
-
 * Deprecate devicemapper storage driver [docker/cli#1455](https://github.com/docker/cli/pull/1455) / [docker/cli#1424](https://github.com/docker/cli/pull/1424)
 * Deprecate legacy overlay storage driver [docker/cli#1455](https://github.com/docker/cli/pull/1455) / [docker/cli#1425](https://github.com/docker/cli/pull/1425) 
 * Remove support for TLS < 1.2 [moby/moby#37660](https://github.com/moby/moby/pull/37660)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
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@@ -1 +1 @@
-18.09.0-rc1
+18.09.0