diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2322ef746e..70295e5246 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 For official release notes for Docker Engine CE and Docker Engine EE, visit the
 [https://docs.docker.com/engine/release-notes/](release notes page).
 
+## 18.09.1 (2018-12-DD)
+
+TODO
+
 ## 18.09.0 (2018-11-08)
 
 ### Deprecation
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 08602e12fb..00ee29be0d 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-18.09.0
+18.09.1-beta1