diff --git a/META-INF/plugin.xml b/META-INF/plugin.xml
index 0e782c2e..e871e564 100755
--- a/META-INF/plugin.xml
+++ b/META-INF/plugin.xml
@@ -31,147 +31,12 @@
     <idea-version since-build="144"/>
     <depends>com.intellij.modules.lang</depends>
 
-    <version>1.18-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.18</version>
     <change-notes><![CDATA[
-        <p>1.18</p>
         <ul>
-            <li></li>
-        </ul>
-
-        <p>1.17</p>
-        <ul>
-            <li><i>buffer</i> is now allowed in layout qualifier statements</li>
-            <li>Basic formatter - thanks wyozi!</li>
-            <li>Extensions .vsh and .fsh are now supported by default</li>
-            <li>Improve struct member parsing</li>
-            <li>Improve refactoring and various internal symbol tracking</li>
-        </ul>
-
-        <p>1.16</p>
-        <ul>
-            <li>Fix certain operator sequences freezing the IDE</li>
-        </ul>
-
-        <p>1.15</p>
-        <ul>
-            <li>Fix '#define's which contain their name freezing the IDE</li>
-        </ul>
-
-        <p>1.14</p>
-        <ul>
-            <li>Allow custom highlighting for uniforms, varyings and attributes</li>
-        </ul>
-
-        <p>1.13</p>
-        <ul>
-            <li>Add autocompletion for struct members</li>
-            <li>Add checking of constructor call parameters</li>
-            <li>Support scalar conversion constructors</li>
-            <li>Fix support for modulo operator</li>
-            <li>Minor fixes and improvements</li>
-        </ul>
-
-        <p>1.12</p>
-        <ul>
-            <li>Fix lexer not being thread safe and failing when parsing many files at the same time</li>
-            <li>Many minor fixes in parsing and error reporting</li>
-        </ul>
-
-        <p>1.11</p>
-        <ul>
-            <li>Major improvements to handling of preprocessor #define directives</li>
-            <li>Add checking of switch statement correctness</li>
-            <li>Improvements to Deduce Expression Type action</li>
-            <li>Distinguish between function call and constructor</li>
-        </ul>
-
-        <p>1.10</p>
-        <ul>
-            <li>Rewrite preprocessor token parsing to be much more robust</li>
-            <li>Parse multidimensional struct members correctly</li>
-            <li>Improve autocomplete and finding usages</li>
-            <li>Parse switch statements correctly</li>
-            <li>Overhaul new file creation, allow custom templates for all supported file extensions</li>
-            <li>Warn on incorrect array indexes</li>
-            <li>Warn on incorrect const variable handling</li>
-            <li>Add function parameter lookup</li>
-            <li>Support 4.50 opaque types (samplers)</li>
-            <li>Many smaller fixes and improvements</li>
-        </ul>
-
-        <p>1.9</p>
-        <ul>
-            <li>Vastly improved under-the-hood handling of types, operators and arrays</li>
-            <li>Added basic renaming and find-usages support (WIP feature)</li>
-            <li>Parse initializer lists correctly</li>
-            <li>Allow the use of multi-dimensional arrays</li>
-            <li>Added retina icons</li>
-            <li>Changed highlighting of unreachable code</li>
-            <li>Warn on use of reserved identifiers</li>
-            <li>Repeated swizzles are no longer L values</li>
-            <li>Add type checking for conditional expressions</li>
-            <li>Fix issues with return types</li>
-            <li>Improve unreachable statement marking</li>
-            <li>Many small fixes and improvements</li>
-        </ul>
-
-        <p>1.8</p>
-        <ul>
-            <li>Support for basic #define token replacement (everything except function-like)</li>
-            <li>Parse "layout qualifier statements"</li>
-            <li>Handling syntax and grammar errors is more robust</li>
-            <li>Fix variable declarations with already-defined struct types not parsing correctly</li>
-            <li>Improve highlighting of GLES precision statements</li>
-        </ul>
-
-        <p>1.7.1</p>
-        <ul>
-            <li>Fix problem in parsing which could cause the plugin to freeze</li>
-            <li>Improve handling of GLES precision statements</li>
-        </ul>
-
-        <p>1.7</p>
-        <ul>
-            <li>Add missing return; warning</li>
-            <li>Add support for layout qualifiers</li>
-            <li>Add support for interface blocks</li>
-            <li>Add error highligting in Project view</li>
-            <li>Add invalid initializer type warning</li>
-            <li>Add support for bitwise operators</li>
-            <li>Fix Convert Vector Components action</li>
-        </ul>
-
-        <p>1.6</p>
-        <ul>
-            <li>Improved unreachability analyzing</li>
-            <li>Recognize more file extensions</li>
-            <li>Improved token lexing around #if preprocessor statements</li>
-            <li>Added support for more native types (uint, double, uvec, dvec, dmat)</li>
-        </ul>
-
-        <p>1.5</p>
-        <ul>
-            <li>Brace folding for compound statements</li>
-            <li>Added more qualifiers from glsl 450</li>
-            <li>Improved highlighting, especially on dark themes</li>
-            <li>Parsing is a bit more robust</li>
-        </ul>
-
-        <p>1.4</p>
-        <ul>
-            <li>Added support for GL ES precision modifiers and statements</li>
-        </ul>
-
-        <p>1.3</p>
-        <ul>
-            <li>Fixed compatibility with CLion</li>
-            <li>Fix minor bugs</li>
-        </ul>
-
-        <p>Notable older changes<p>
-        <ul>
-            <li>Update to support Intellij 14</li>
-            <li>Update color scheme handling</li>
+            <li>Fixed bug which prevented some files to be processed at startup</li>
+            <li>Compatibility with 2019.1 IDEs</li>
+            <li>Requires Java 8, dropping support for IDEs older than 2016</li>
         </ul>
     ]]></change-notes>