diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 89c0bfb09b4..c0fa500ad77 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -46,23 +46,23 @@ Please see the [Demo Docker Repository](https://hub.docker.com/r/rapidsai/rapids
 
 ### CUDA/GPU requirements
 
-* CUDA 10.0+
-* NVIDIA driver 410.48+
+* CUDA 10.1+
+* NVIDIA driver 418.39+
 * Pascal architecture or better (Compute Capability >=6.0)
 
 ### Conda
 
 cuDF can be installed with conda ([miniconda](https://conda.io/miniconda.html), or the full [Anaconda distribution](https://www.anaconda.com/download)) from the `rapidsai` channel:
 
-For `cudf version == 0.13` :
+For `cudf version == 0.18` :
 ```bash
 # for CUDA 10.1
 conda install -c rapidsai -c nvidia -c numba -c conda-forge \
-    cudf=0.13 python=3.7 cudatoolkit=10.1
+    cudf=0.18 python=3.7 cudatoolkit=10.1
 
 # or, for CUDA 10.2
 conda install -c rapidsai -c nvidia -c numba -c conda-forge \
-    cudf=0.13 python=3.7 cudatoolkit=10.2
+    cudf=0.18 python=3.7 cudatoolkit=10.2
 
 ```
 
diff --git a/ci/release/update-version.sh b/ci/release/update-version.sh
index ffdc5df7425..61f551f4b6d 100755
--- a/ci/release/update-version.sh
+++ b/ci/release/update-version.sh
@@ -63,3 +63,7 @@ done
 
 # Doxyfile update
 sed_runner "s|\(TAGFILES.*librmm/\).*|\1${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}|" cpp/doxygen/Doxyfile
+
+# README.md update
+sed_runner "s/version == ${CURRENT_SHORT_TAG}/version == ${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}/g" README.md
+sed_runner "s/cudf=${CURRENT_SHORT_TAG}/cudf=${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}/g" README.md