diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4273a0c..ef2edcc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
 This project uses [Break Versioning](https://github.com/ptaoussanis/encore/blob/master/BREAK-VERSIONING.md).
 
+## `1.18.1` (2023-07-04)
+
+> 📦 [Available on Clojars](https://clojars.org/com.taoensso/sente/versions/1.18.1)
+
+This is an important **hotfix release**, please update if you're using `1.18.0`.
+
+### Fixes since `1.18.0`
+
+* ad62f1e [fix] Ajax poll not properly timing out
+* 1d15fe5 [fix] [#430] `[:chsk/uidport-close]` server event not firing
+
+### New since `1.18.0`
+
+* 5c0f4ad [new] [example] Add example server-side uidport event handlers
+
+
 ## `1.18.0` (2023-06-30)
 
 > 📦 [Available on Clojars](https://clojars.org/com.taoensso/sente/versions/1.18.0)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 78e2dd0..9734a31 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Loosely inspired by [Socket.IO](https://socket.io/), it uses **core.async**, **W
 
 ## Latest release
 
-- 2023-06-30: `1.18.0` - [release notes](https://github.com/ptaoussanis/sente/releases/tag/v1.18.0) | [Clojars](https://clojars.org/com.taoensso/sente/versions/1.18.0)
+- 2023-07-04: `1.18.1` - [release notes](https://github.com/ptaoussanis/sente/releases/tag/v1.18.1) | [Clojars](https://clojars.org/com.taoensso/sente/versions/1.18.1)
 
 <!--- [![tests][tests badge]][tests status] -->
 
diff --git a/example-project/project.clj b/example-project/project.clj
index 71af950..5e27ea6 100644
--- a/example-project/project.clj
+++ b/example-project/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject com.taoensso.examples/sente "1.18.0"
+(defproject com.taoensso.examples/sente "1.18.1"
   :description "Sente, reference web-app example project"
   :url "https://github.com/ptaoussanis/sente"
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
    [org.clojure/core.async    "1.6.673"]
    [nrepl                     "1.0.0"] ; Optional, for Cider
 
-   [com.taoensso/sente        "1.18.0"] ; <--- Sente
+   [com.taoensso/sente        "1.18.1"] ; <--- Sente
    [com.taoensso/timbre       "6.2.1"]
 
    ;;; TODO Choose (uncomment) a supported web server -----------------------
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 7d7b17c..089379f 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject com.taoensso/sente "1.18.0"
+(defproject com.taoensso/sente "1.18.1"
   :author "Peter Taoussanis <https://www.taoensso.com>"
   :description "Realtime web comms for Clojure/Script"
   :url "https://github.com/ptaoussanis/sente"
diff --git a/src/taoensso/sente.cljc b/src/taoensso/sente.cljc
index 33e3b69..9a0f738 100644
--- a/src/taoensso/sente.cljc
+++ b/src/taoensso/sente.cljc
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
   #?(:clj  (:import [org.java_websocket.client WebSocketClient])))
 
 (enc/assert-min-encore-version [3 49 0])
-(def sente-version "Useful for identifying client/server mismatch" [1 18 0])
+(def sente-version "Useful for identifying client/server mismatch" [1 18 1])
 
 #?(:cljs (def ^:private node-target? (= *target* "nodejs")))