diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3fc13ab..c9d4f3d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 - added the report patterns menu to the toolbar
 - increased status message view time
 - the text fields to filter or add ignore and report patterns now have a clear button 
+- added releases for Ubuntu Linux 18.04 and 18.10
 
 ## 16.06.0
 - fixed a redraw error on OS X in the settings dialog
diff --git a/build-systems/ubuntu-launchpad/build-for-launchpad.sh b/build-systems/ubuntu-launchpad/build-for-launchpad.sh
index ffaf252..3c64853 100755
--- a/build-systems/ubuntu-launchpad/build-for-launchpad.sh
+++ b/build-systems/ubuntu-launchpad/build-for-launchpad.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 BRANCH=develop
 #BRANCH=master
-UBUNTU_RELEASES=( "vivid" "wily" "xenial" "yakkety" )
+UBUNTU_RELEASES=( "xenial" "bionic" "cosmic" )
 
 
 DATE=$(LC_ALL=C date +'%a, %d %b %Y %T %z')