diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cecb0fe395..9a07799f9e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 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)
+## 18.09.0 (2018-11-08)
 
 ### Deprecation
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 9cf40f4cd7..08602e12fb 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-18.09.0-rc1
+18.09.0