diff --git a/META b/META
index bba888e5b0c0d2fe0104e61bbc8a6c73d9f9629d..1bfad2dce41ac110257fa3354ef95a3766302525 100644
--- a/META
+++ b/META
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   Minor:	5
   Micro:        0
   Version:	0.5.0
-  Release:	0.pre17
+  Release:	0.pre18
   API_CURRENT:	7	
   API_AGE:	4
   API_REVISION:	0
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4f5721417286ba1d42ca052b92716bdb963294f1..9ef0d21ba7645b9b43d73d882ca7d60fed90ee6c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ documents those changes that are of interest to users and admins.
  -- elan switch plugin memory leak plugged
  -- added g_slurmctld_jobacct_fini() to release all memory (useful 
     to confirm no memory leaks)
+ -- Fix slurmd bug introduced in pre17
 
 * Changes in SLURM 0.5.0-pre17
 ==============================