diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 9f3254f508e3fba75da17e25adcf8af34815dabb..ef70654f499f2758eac263b6d4819788f45005aa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 7.x-0.9
 -------
+Issue #1875074: upgraded to Drupal core 7.18
 Issue #1872018: upgraded xmlsitemap
 Issue #1871412: upgraded title
 Issue #1871408: upgraded emfield
diff --git a/build-ferry.make b/build-ferry.make
index fd4e1a594b213fbbac509a41ddfb07a49c8c2461..63c68478dd89cc41725aed88ba66759741d78f8d 100644
--- a/build-ferry.make
+++ b/build-ferry.make
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 api = 2
 core = 7.x
 
-projects[drupal][version] = "7.17"
+projects[drupal][version] = "7.18"
 
 projects[ferry][type] = profile
 projects[ferry][version] = 0.x-dev