diff --git a/.version b/.version
index a88d2ca32319..770bde1f44b3 100644
--- a/.version
+++ b/.version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-18.03
+18.09
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/release-notes.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/release-notes.xml
index 5ed56bde6659..b7f9fab44f3b 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/release-notes.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/release-notes.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 <para>This section lists the release notes for each stable version of NixOS
 and current unstable revision.</para>
 
+<xi:include href="rl-1809.xml" />
 <xi:include href="rl-1803.xml" />
 <xi:include href="rl-1709.xml" />
 <xi:include href="rl-1703.xml" />
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1809.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1809.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f44d9cad52f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1809.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
+         xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
+         xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+         version="5.0"
+         xml:id="sec-release-18.09">
+
+<title>Release 18.09 (“??”, 2018/09/??)</title>
+
+<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
+         xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
+         xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+         version="5.0"
+         xml:id="sec-release-18.09-highlights">
+
+<title>Highlights</title>
+
+<para>In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release
+has the following highlights: </para>
+
+<itemizedlist>
+  <listitem>
+    <para>
+      TODO
+    </para>
+  </listitem>
+
+</itemizedlist>
+
+</section>
+<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
+         xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
+         xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+         version="5.0"
+         xml:id="sec-release-18.09-new-services">
+
+<title>New Services</title>
+
+<para>The following new services were added since the last release:</para>
+
+<itemizedlist>
+  <listitem>
+    <para></para>
+  </listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+
+</section>
+<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
+         xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
+         xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+         version="5.0"
+         xml:id="sec-release-18.09-incompatibilities">
+
+<title>Backward Incompatibilities</title>
+
+<para>When upgrading from a previous release, please be aware of the
+following incompatible changes:</para>
+
+<itemizedlist>
+  <listitem>
+    <para>
+    </para>
+  </listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+
+</section>
+<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
+         xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
+         xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+         version="5.0"
+         xml:id="sec-release-18.09-notable-changes">
+
+<title>Other Notable Changes</title>
+
+<itemizedlist>
+  <listitem>
+    <para>
+    </para>
+  </listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+
+</section>
+</section>
diff --git a/nixos/release.nix b/nixos/release.nix
index 1db2da511441..c4a7f7fdb684 100644
--- a/nixos/release.nix
+++ b/nixos/release.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ nixpkgs ? { outPath = (import ../lib).cleanSource ./..; revCount = 56789; shortRev = "gfedcba"; }
+{ nixpkgs ? { outPath = (import ../lib).cleanSource ./..; revCount = 130979; shortRev = "gfedcba"; }
 , stableBranch ? false
 , supportedSystems ? [ "x86_64-linux" "aarch64-linux" ]
 }: