diff --git a/doc/whats_new.rst b/doc/whats_new.rst
index 360bdc4f04e5bcf25d49349b395e818c8c8cce0f..7afc833ccae4240af085593e1824f8f10442c57f 100644
--- a/doc/whats_new.rst
+++ b/doc/whats_new.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,31 @@
 Release history
 ===============
 
+.. _changes_0_18_2:
+
+Version 0.18.2
+==============
+
+**June 20, 2017**
+
+.. topic:: Last release with Python 2.6 support
+
+    Scikit-learn 0.18 is the last major release of scikit-learn to support Python 2.6.
+    Later versions of scikit-learn will require Python 2.7 or above.
+
+
+Changelog
+---------
+    - Fixes for compatibility with NumPy 1.13.0: :issue:`7946` :issue:`8355` by `Loic Esteve`_.
+
+    - Minor compatibility changes in the examples :issue:`9010` :issue:`8040` :issue:`9149`.
+
+
+Code Contributors
+-----------------
+Aman Dalmia, Loic Esteve, Nate Guerin, Sergei Lebedev
+
+
 .. _changes_0_18_1:
 
 Version 0.18.1
diff --git a/sklearn/__init__.py b/sklearn/__init__.py
index 71e5704f5ee1d9f83fcac5a0973b2069f4a0acfb..3124701df15d7c44f56df97561fb7c440861c4dc 100644
--- a/sklearn/__init__.py
+++ b/sklearn/__init__.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ warnings.filterwarnings('always', category=DeprecationWarning,
 # Dev branch marker is: 'X.Y.dev' or 'X.Y.devN' where N is an integer.
 # 'X.Y.dev0' is the canonical version of 'X.Y.dev'
 #
-__version__ = '0.18.1'
+__version__ = '0.18.2'
 
 
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