diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index d952942..bd96965 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@ History
 -------
 
 
+2.1.8 (2014-12-04)
+++++++++++++++++++
+
+- fix UnicodeDecodeError when building user agent string
+- handle case where response is None
+
+
 2.1.7 (2014-11-30)
 ++++++++++++++++++
 
diff --git a/wakatime/__init__.py b/wakatime/__init__.py
index 92bbad9..074c2ee 100644
--- a/wakatime/__init__.py
+++ b/wakatime/__init__.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 __title__ = 'wakatime'
-__version__ = '2.1.7'
+__version__ = '2.1.8'
 __author__ = 'Alan Hamlett'
 __license__ = 'BSD'
 __copyright__ = 'Copyright 2014 Alan Hamlett'