diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 61f870a..3e85478 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@
 #   then increment age.
 # If any interfaces have been removed or changed since the last release,
 #   then set age to 0.
-LIBDT_CURRENT=2
-LIBDT_REVISION=1
-LIBDT_AGE=2
+LIBDT_CURRENT=3
+LIBDT_REVISION=0
+LIBDT_AGE=0
 
 pkginclude_HEADERS = \
 	src/dt/dt.h \
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7e5c99c..5c4f59e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+dt-utils 2018.05.0
+==================
+
+barebox-state: block while waiting for file lock
+barebox-state: Fail for unhandled arguments
+barebox-state: fix termination of long_options[] to fix segfault
+common: Include sys/types.h header to fix build with musl
+common: Rename strlcpy to DT_strlcpy to fix build with uClibc
+barebox-state: backend_raw: init digest earlier
+
 dt-utils 2017.03.0
 ==================
 barebox-state: Support new OF partition binding with partitions node
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c2e8032..51e5c6a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
 AC_INIT([dt-utils],
-        [2017.03.0],
+        [2018.05.0],
         [bugs@pengutronix.de],
         [dt-utils],
         [http://git.pengutronix.de/?p=tools/dt-utils.git;a=summary])