diff --git a/doc/src/Manual.txt b/doc/src/Manual.txt
index ac6bfee64a..2f957eb113 100644
--- a/doc/src/Manual.txt
+++ b/doc/src/Manual.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!-- HTML_ONLY -->
 <HEAD>
 <TITLE>LAMMPS Users Manual</TITLE>
-<META NAME="docnumber" CONTENT="22 Feb 2018 version">
+<META NAME="docnumber" CONTENT="8 Mar 2018 version">
 <META NAME="author" CONTENT="http://lammps.sandia.gov - Sandia National Laboratories">
 <META NAME="copyright" CONTENT="Copyright (2003) Sandia Corporation. This software and manual is distributed under the GNU General Public License.">
 </HEAD>
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 <H1></H1>
 
 LAMMPS Documentation :c,h3
-22 Feb 2018 version :c,h4
+8 Mar 2018 version :c,h4
 
 Version info: :h4
 
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index 8342aa8ef1..2ca19eaed7 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -1 +1 @@
-#define LAMMPS_VERSION "22 Feb 2018"
+#define LAMMPS_VERSION "8 Mar 2018"
