diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0c49f5c7..7edf338d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Splunk Enterprise SDK for Python Changelog
 
+## Version 1.6.18
+
+### Bug fixes
+* [#405](https://github.com/splunk/splunk-sdk-python/pull/405) Fix searchcommands_app example
+* [#406](https://github.com/splunk/splunk-sdk-python/pull/406) Fix mod inputs examples
+* [#407](https://github.com/splunk/splunk-sdk-python/pull/407) Fixed issue with Streaming and Generating Custom Search Commands dropping fields that aren't present in the first row of results. More details on how to opt-in to this fix can be found here: 
+https://github.com/splunk/splunk-sdk-python/blob/develop/README.md#customization [ [issue#401](https://github.com/splunk/splunk-sdk-python/issues/401) ]
+
+### Minor changes
+* [#408](https://github.com/splunk/splunk-sdk-python/pull/408) Add search mode example
+* [#409](https://github.com/splunk/splunk-sdk-python/pull/409) Add Support for authorization tokens read from .splunkrc [ [issue#388](https://github.com/splunk/splunk-sdk-python/issues/388) ]
+* [#413](https://github.com/splunk/splunk-sdk-python/pull/413) Default kvstore owner to nobody [ [issue#231](https://github.com/splunk/splunk-sdk-python/issues/231) ]
+
 ## Version 1.6.17
 
 ### Bug fixes
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4661dfe5..1436ad24 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 # The Splunk Enterprise Software Development Kit for Python
 
-#### Version 1.6.17
+#### Version 1.6.18
 
 The Splunk Enterprise Software Development Kit (SDK) for Python contains library code and examples designed to enable developers to build applications using the Splunk platform.
 
@@ -71,6 +71,26 @@ To run the examples and unit tests, you must put the root of the SDK on your PYT
 
 The SDK command-line examples require a common set of arguments that specify the host, port, and login credentials for Splunk Enterprise. For a full list of command-line arguments, include `--help` as an argument to any of the examples.
 
+### Following are the different ways to connect to Splunk Enterprise
+#### Using username/password
+```python
+import splunklib.client as client
+    service = client.connect(host=<host_url>, username=<username>, password=<password>, autoLogin=True)
+```
+
+#### Using bearer token
+```python
+import splunklib.client as client
+service = client.connect(host=<host_url>, splunkToken=<bearer_token>, autologin=True)
+```
+
+#### Using session key
+```python
+import splunklib.client as client
+service = client.connect(host=<host_url>, token=<session_key>, autologin=True)
+```
+
+###
 #### Create a .splunkrc convenience file
 
 To connect to Splunk Enterprise, many of the SDK examples and unit tests take command-line arguments that specify values for the host, port, and login credentials for Splunk Enterprise. For convenience during development, you can store these arguments as key-value pairs in a text file named **.splunkrc**. Then, the SDK examples and unit tests use the values from the **.splunkrc** file when you don't specify them.
diff --git a/splunklib/__init__.py b/splunklib/__init__.py
index 36f8a7e0..41c261fd 100644
--- a/splunklib/__init__.py
+++ b/splunklib/__init__.py
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from splunklib.six.moves import map
-__version_info__ = (1, 6, 17)
+__version_info__ = (1, 6, 18)
 __version__ = ".".join(map(str, __version_info__))
diff --git a/splunklib/binding.py b/splunklib/binding.py
index dbbee853..94cc5581 100644
--- a/splunklib/binding.py
+++ b/splunklib/binding.py
@@ -1389,7 +1389,7 @@ def request(url, message, **kwargs):
         head = {
             "Content-Length": str(len(body)),
             "Host": host,
-            "User-Agent": "splunk-sdk-python/1.6.17",
+            "User-Agent": "splunk-sdk-python/1.6.18",
             "Accept": "*/*",
             "Connection": "Close",
         } # defaults