diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dc26d9d5b..64e52b847 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+# v1.18 2018-07-06 Wekan release
+
+This release fixes the following bugs:
+
+- Fix [Title is required](https://github.com/wekan/wekan/issues/1576)
+  by [setting Checklist title during migration](https://github.com/wekan/wekan/issues/1753).
+
+Thanks to GitHub users centigrade-kdk and xet7 for their contributions.
+
 # v1.17 2018-07-06 Wekan release
 
 This release adds the following new features:
diff --git a/models/checklists.js b/models/checklists.js
index 2277736e4..c58453efc 100644
--- a/models/checklists.js
+++ b/models/checklists.js
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ Checklists.attachSchema(new SimpleSchema({
   title: {
     type: String,
     defaultValue: 'Checklist',
-    optional: true,
   },
   finishedAt: {
     type: Date,
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d2e5d0a0a..a773b6455 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "wekan",
-  "version": "1.17.0",
+  "version": "1.18.0",
   "description": "The open-source Trello-like kanban",
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/sandstorm-pkgdef.capnp b/sandstorm-pkgdef.capnp
index 8624d596c..c894cce21 100644
--- a/sandstorm-pkgdef.capnp
+++ b/sandstorm-pkgdef.capnp
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ const pkgdef :Spk.PackageDefinition = (
     appTitle = (defaultText = "Wekan"),
     # The name of the app as it is displayed to the user.
 
-    appVersion = 102,
+    appVersion = 103,
     # Increment this for every release.
 
-    appMarketingVersion = (defaultText = "1.17.0~2018-07-06"),
+    appMarketingVersion = (defaultText = "1.18.0~2018-07-06"),
     # Human-readable presentation of the app version.
 
     minUpgradableAppVersion = 0,
diff --git a/server/migrations.js b/server/migrations.js
index d0e63388a..6135f1bef 100644
--- a/server/migrations.js
+++ b/server/migrations.js
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ Migrations.add('add-checklist-items', () => {
     // Create new items
     _.sortBy(checklist.items, 'sort').forEach((item, index) => {
       ChecklistItems.direct.insert({
-        title: item.title,
+        title: (item.title ? item.title : 'Checklist'),
         sort: index,
         isFinished: item.isFinished,
         checklistId: checklist._id,