diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 34e9592b..42679eb4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# 2020-01-20 - BitBot v1.18.1
+
+Fixed:
+- Formatting variable typo for handling TOPIC (`format_activity.py`)
+
 # 2020-01-20 - BitBot v1.18.0
 
 Added:
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 84cc5294..ec6d649b 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.18.0
+1.18.1