diff --git a/kernel.spec b/kernel.spec
index 4c32d6744..ba4dc6b93 100644
--- a/kernel.spec
+++ b/kernel.spec
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Summary: The Linux kernel
 # For non-released -rc kernels, this will be appended after the rcX and
 # gitX tags, so a 3 here would become part of release "0.rcX.gitX.3"
 #
-%global baserelease 1
+%global baserelease 2
 %global fedora_build %{baserelease}
 
 # base_sublevel is the kernel version we're starting with and patching
@@ -2248,7 +2248,7 @@ fi
 #                                    ||----w |
 #                                    ||     ||
 %changelog
-* Tue Dec 16 2014 Josh Boyer <jwboyer@fedoraproject.org>
+* Tue Dec 16 2014 Josh Boyer <jwboyer@fedoraproject.org> - 3.18.0-2
 - Add patch from Josh Stone to restore var-tracking via Kconfig (rhbz 1126580)
 
 * Mon Dec 15 2014 Josh Boyer <jwboyer@fedoraproject.org>