diff --git a/sources b/sources
index c94e7e8..da36715 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (tuned-2.17.0.tar.gz) = e2521caa47c3176528ea1fd595d30c483aec4623eeccc9a7c1aa3b3781c7c9bdc48625488b313d7aaebbfecbae8f540029d2159d522574e334096094da54e868
+SHA512 (tuned-2.18.0-rc.1.tar.gz) = 2b7c4c798037144c6e2ea84cd7bfc492daafca80d105ac09b632e44e6484e4003f505ea4199163d6a4313b07755ee2812bdd14c93e74291fc97a577d8a3ed53f
diff --git a/tuned.spec b/tuned.spec
index 8bfd2f3..61c15f7 100644
--- a/tuned.spec
+++ b/tuned.spec
@@ -26,16 +26,16 @@
 %endif
 %endif
 
-#%%global prerelease rc
-#%%global prereleasenum 1
+%global prerelease rc
+%global prereleasenum 1
 
 %global prerel1 %{?prerelease:.%{prerelease}%{prereleasenum}}
 %global prerel2 %{?prerelease:-%{prerelease}.%{prereleasenum}}
 
 Summary: A dynamic adaptive system tuning daemon
 Name: tuned
-Version: 2.17.0
-Release: 2%{?prerel1}%{?dist}
+Version: 2.18.0
+Release: 0.1%{?prerel1}%{?dist}
 License: GPLv2+
 Source0: https://github.com/redhat-performance/%{name}/archive/v%{version}%{?prerel2}/%{name}-%{version}%{?prerel2}.tar.gz
 URL: http://www.tuned-project.org/
@@ -82,10 +82,14 @@ Recommends: dmidecode
 Recommends: hdparm
 Recommends: kernel-tools
 Recommends: kmod
+Recommends: iproute
 %endif
 # syspurpose
 %if 0%{?rhel} > 8
-Requires: subscription-manager
+# not on CentOS
+%if 0%{!?centos:1}
+Recommends: subscription-manager
+%endif
 %else
 %if 0%{?rhel} > 7
 Requires: python3-syspurpose
@@ -528,7 +532,6 @@ fi
 %{_mandir}/man7/tuned-profiles-compat.7*
 
 %files profiles-postgresql
-%defattr(-,root,root,-)
 %{_prefix}/lib/tuned/postgresql
 %{_mandir}/man7/tuned-profiles-postgresql.7*
 
@@ -539,6 +542,25 @@ fi
 %{_mandir}/man7/tuned-profiles-openshift.7*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Feb  2 2022 Jaroslav Škarvada <jskarvad@redhat.com> - 2.18.0-0.1.rc1
+- new release
+  - rebased tuned to latest upstream
+    resolves: rhbz#2003833
+  - profiles: fix improper parsing of include directive
+    resolves: rhbz#2017924
+  - disk: added support for the nvme
+    resolves: rhbz#1854816
+  - cpu: extended cstate force_latency syntax to allow skipping zero latency
+    resolves: rhbz#2002744
+  - net: added support for the txqueuelen
+    resolves: rhbz#2015044
+  - bootloader: on s390(x) remove TuneD variables from the BLS
+    resolves: rhbz#1978786
+  - daemon: don't do full rollback on systemd failure
+    resolves: rhbz#2011459
+  - spec: do not require subscription-manager on CentOS
+    resolves: rhbz#2028865
+
 * Sat Jan 22 2022 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.17.0-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_36_Mass_Rebuild