diff --git a/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/release-notes.md
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+## 0.18.0
+
+January 23, 2022
+
+#### Added
+* Change default chunk size from 4Kb to 64Kb on `FileResponse` [#1345](https://github.com/encode/starlette/pull/1345).
+* Add support for `functools.partial` in `WebSocketRoute` [#1356](https://github.com/encode/starlette/pull/1356).
+* Add `StaticFiles` packages with directory [#1350](https://github.com/encode/starlette/pull/1350).
+* Allow environment options in `Jinja2Templates` [#1401](https://github.com/encode/starlette/pull/1401).
+* Allow HEAD method on `HttpEndpoint` [#1346](https://github.com/encode/starlette/pull/1346).
+* Accept additional headers on `websocket.accept` message [#1361](https://github.com/encode/starlette/pull/1361) and [#1422](https://github.com/encode/starlette/pull/1422).
+* Add `reason` to `WebSocket` close ASGI event [#1417](https://github.com/encode/starlette/pull/1417).
+* Add headers attribute to `UploadFile` [#1382](https://github.com/encode/starlette/pull/1382).
+* Don't omit `Content-Length` header for `Content-Length: 0` cases [#1395](https://github.com/encode/starlette/pull/1395).
+* Don't set headers for responses with 1xx, 204 and 304 status code [#1397](https://github.com/encode/starlette/pull/1397).
+* `SessionMiddleware.max_age` now accepts `None`, so cookie can last as long as the browser session [#1387](https://github.com/encode/starlette/pull/1387).
+
+#### Fixed
+* Tweak `hashlib.md5()` function on `FileResponse`s ETag generation. The parameter [`usedforsecurity`](https://bugs.python.org/issue9216) flag is set to `False`, if the flag is available on the system. This fixes an error raised on systems with [FIPS](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/FIPS_Mode_-_an_explanation) enabled [#1366](https://github.com/encode/starlette/pull/1366) and [#1410](https://github.com/encode/starlette/pull/1410).
+* Fix `path_params` type on `url_path_for()` method i.e. turn `str` into `Any` [#1341](https://github.com/encode/starlette/pull/1341).
+* `Host` now ignores `port` on routing [#1322](https://github.com/encode/starlette/pull/1322).
+
 ## 0.17.1
 
 November 17, 2021
diff --git a/starlette/__init__.py b/starlette/__init__.py
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@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.17.1"
+__version__ = "0.18.0"