diff --git a/.meta/dietpi-survey_report b/.meta/dietpi-survey_report
index 5a2a556c8b..3ec091a3f7 100755
--- a/.meta/dietpi-survey_report
+++ b/.meta/dietpi-survey_report
@@ -663,10 +663,16 @@ shopt -s extglob
 	aSOFTWARE_NAME8_17[208]='Moonlight (GUI)'
 	aSOFTWARE_NAME8_17[209]='Restic'
 
+	aSOFTWARE_NAME8_18=()
+	for i in "${!aSOFTWARE_NAME8_17[@]}"
+	do
+		aSOFTWARE_NAME8_18[$i]=${aSOFTWARE_NAME8_16[$i]}
+	done
+
 	# Pre-create software counter array so that we can see also software (available in newest version) with 0 installs
-	for i in "${aSOFTWARE_NAME8_17[@]}"
+	for i in "${aSOFTWARE_NAME8_18[@]}"
 	do
-		aSOFTWARE["$i"]=0
+		aSOFTWARE[i]=0
 	done
 
 	# $1 = File name
diff --git a/.update/version b/.update/version
index 0b06dddb90..41640ace32 100644
--- a/.update/version
+++ b/.update/version
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 # Available DietPi version
 G_REMOTE_VERSION_CORE=8
-G_REMOTE_VERSION_SUB=17
-G_REMOTE_VERSION_RC=2
+G_REMOTE_VERSION_SUB=18
+G_REMOTE_VERSION_RC=-1
 # Minimum DietPi version to allow update
 G_MIN_VERSION_CORE=6
 G_MIN_VERSION_SUB=14
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index cbb8bac5f2..a9860b12f8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+v8.18
+(2023-06-03)
+
+New software:
+- 
+
+Enhancements:
+- 
+
+Bug fixes:
+- DietPi-Software | Restic: Resolved an issue where Restic was installed without executable flag. Many thanks to @ for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/6350#issuecomment-1537656560
+
+As always, many smaller code performance and stability improvements, visual and spelling fixes have been done, too much to list all of them here. Check out all code changes of this release on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/XXXX
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 v8.17
 (2023-05-06)
 
diff --git a/dietpi/dietpi-software b/dietpi/dietpi-software
index 973ded07ba..ca2feac074 100755
--- a/dietpi/dietpi-software
+++ b/dietpi/dietpi-software
@@ -11701,6 +11701,7 @@ _EOF_
 
 			local fallback_url="https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/download/v0.15.2/restic_0.15.2_linux_$arch.bz2"
 			Download_Install "$(curl -sSfL 'https://api.github.com/repos/restic/restic/releases/latest' | mawk -F\" "/^ * \"browser_download_url\": \".*\/restic_[^\"\/]*_linux_$arch\.bz2\"$/{print \$4}")" /usr/local/bin/restic
+			G_EXEC chmod +x /usr/local/bin/restic
 		fi
 
 		if To_Install 205 # Homer
diff --git a/dietpi/func/dietpi-globals b/dietpi/func/dietpi-globals
index 52e01b155a..ec153f0b30 100644
--- a/dietpi/func/dietpi-globals
+++ b/dietpi/func/dietpi-globals
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@
 	[[ -f '/boot/dietpi/.version' ]] && . /boot/dietpi/.version
 	# - Assign defaults/code version as fallback
 	[[ $G_DIETPI_VERSION_CORE ]] || G_DIETPI_VERSION_CORE=8
-	[[ $G_DIETPI_VERSION_SUB ]] || G_DIETPI_VERSION_SUB=17
-	[[ $G_DIETPI_VERSION_RC ]] || G_DIETPI_VERSION_RC=2
+	[[ $G_DIETPI_VERSION_SUB ]] || G_DIETPI_VERSION_SUB=18
+	[[ $G_DIETPI_VERSION_RC ]] || G_DIETPI_VERSION_RC=-1
 	[[ $G_GITBRANCH ]] || G_GITBRANCH='master'
 	[[ $G_GITOWNER ]] || G_GITOWNER='MichaIng'
 	# - Save current version and Git branch