diff --git a/python-tqdm.changes b/python-tqdm.changes
index 04a8be6..7d791a5 100644
--- a/python-tqdm.changes
+++ b/python-tqdm.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Oct  3 01:13:12 UTC 2017 - arun@gmx.de
+
+- update to version 4.18.0:
+  * Thread safety! (#285 -> #291 -> #329, #407, #417)
+  * Ease redirection of sys.stdout/stderr (#422)
+  * Minor internal stream bugfix (#439)
+  * AttributeError fixes (#323, #324, #418)
+  * Related to:
+    + Misc bugs (#334)
+    + concurrent.futures (#97)
+    + Multi-tqdm (#143)
+    + flush() and refresh() (#331)
+    + Newline on refresh() (#361)
+    + Nested trees (#384)
+    + Manually positioned nested bars clearing (#385)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Sep 24 01:41:06 UTC 2017 - arun@gmx.de
 
diff --git a/python-tqdm.spec b/python-tqdm.spec
index 31502e2..d198848 100644
--- a/python-tqdm.spec
+++ b/python-tqdm.spec
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
 %bcond_without test
 Name:           python-tqdm
-Version:        4.17.1
+Version:        4.18.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        A Fast, Extensible Progress Meter
 License:        MPL-2.0 and MIT
diff --git a/tqdm-4.17.1.tar.gz b/tqdm-4.17.1.tar.gz
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index 2e19059..0000000
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-size 87451
diff --git a/tqdm-4.18.0.tar.gz b/tqdm-4.18.0.tar.gz
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index 0000000..730ed88
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+++ b/tqdm-4.18.0.tar.gz
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