diff --git a/docs/news/0.18.1.rst b/docs/news/0.18.1.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c7277bf7e
--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+.. Copyright 2022 splinter authors. All rights reserved.
+   Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+   license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+.. meta::
+    :description: New splinter features on version 0.18.1.
+    :keywords: splinter 0.18.1, news
+
+What's New in Splinter 0.18.1?
+==============================
+
+Changed:
+* Set Firefox preferences through options instead of FirefoxProfile
+
+Fixed:
+* Use dedicated logger in browser.py to avoid clobbing other Python logging
+* Removed required selenium import for error handling, making it possible to use splinter without installing selenium (as long as a selenium driver isn't used)
diff --git a/splinter/version.py b/splinter/version.py
index 437de3a1e..d0769dd72 100644
--- a/splinter/version.py
+++ b/splinter/version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-__version_info__ = (0, 18, 0)
+__version_info__ = (0, 18, 1)
 __version__ = '.'.join(map(str, __version_info__))