diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 4c0f18cc..e55abbf3 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2015-03-23:
+
+* The SSCC-18 and EAN-14 encoders were amended to permit spaces in the human readable text.
+
+
 2015-02-18:
 
 * The PDF and HTML documentation has been significantly refreshed and is now built directly from wiki content. It is included in the release tarballs.
diff --git a/src/VERSION b/src/VERSION
index ed661eaf..69c4735a 100644
--- a/src/VERSION
+++ b/src/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2015-02-18
+2015-03-23