diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index cb6b1ffd..aeee9f77 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-6.1.7
\ No newline at end of file
+6.1.8
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index d29872b0..76d074c6 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # PHPMailer Change Log
 
-## WIP
+## Version 6.1.8 (October 9th, 2020)
 * Mark `ext-hash` as required in composer.json. This has long been required, but now it will cause an error at install time rather than runtime, making it easier to diagnose
 * Make file upload examples safer
 * Update links to SMTP testing servers
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@
 * Add AVIF MIME type mapping
 * Prevent duplicate `To` headers in BCC-only messages when using `mail()`
 * Avoid file function problems when attaching files from Windows UNC paths
-* Improve German Indonesian, Filipino translations
+* Improve German, Bahasa Indonesian, Filipino translations
 * Add Javascript-based example
+* Increased test coverage
 
 ## Version 6.1.7 (July 14th, 2020)
 * Split SMTP connection into two separate methods
diff --git a/examples/README.md b/examples/README.md
index 7ef9c377..81e953e2 100644
--- a/examples/README.md
+++ b/examples/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ When working on email sending code you'll find yourself worrying about what migh
 *   [smtp-sink](http://www.postfix.org/smtp-sink.1.html), part of the Postfix mail server, so you may have this installed already. This is used in the Travis-CI configuration to run PHPMailer's unit tests.
 *   [smtp4dev](https://github.com/rnwood/smtp4dev), a dummy SMTP server for Windows and Linux.
 *   [fakesendmail.sh](https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/blob/master/test/fakesendmail.sh), part of PHPMailer's test setup, this is a shell script that emulates sendmail for testing 'mail' or 'sendmail' methods in PHPMailer.
-*   [HELO](https://usehelo.com), a very nice (commercial) mail server desktop app from BeyondCode.
+*   [HELO](https://usehelo.com), a very nice (commercial) mail server desktop app from BeyondCode, and [how to set it up for local testing](https://usehelo.com/blog/how-to-use-helo-with-phps-mail-function).
 *   [msglint](http://tools.ietf.org/tools/msglint/), not a mail server, the IETF's MIME structure analyser checks the formatting of your messages.
 *   [MailHog](https://github.com/les-enovateurs/mailhog-examples), a Go-based email testing tool for developers with a web interface. You can use it with Docker and GitHub Actions to test your mails. The repository also contains a small part of PHPMailer's setup.
 
diff --git a/src/PHPMailer.php b/src/PHPMailer.php
index 1448ce2b..f9498b1b 100644
--- a/src/PHPMailer.php
+++ b/src/PHPMailer.php
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ class PHPMailer
      *
      * @var string
      */
-    const VERSION = '6.1.7';
+    const VERSION = '6.1.8';
 
     /**
      * Error severity: message only, continue processing.
diff --git a/src/POP3.php b/src/POP3.php
index f732f784..a6a41284 100644
--- a/src/POP3.php
+++ b/src/POP3.php
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class POP3
      *
      * @var string
      */
-    const VERSION = '6.1.7';
+    const VERSION = '6.1.8';
 
     /**
      * Default POP3 port number.
diff --git a/src/SMTP.php b/src/SMTP.php
index 845bfdb5..9e43dce2 100644
--- a/src/SMTP.php
+++ b/src/SMTP.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class SMTP
      *
      * @var string
      */
-    const VERSION = '6.1.7';
+    const VERSION = '6.1.8';
 
     /**
      * SMTP line break constant.