diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ea550fa64..e7aef749c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Change Log
 <!-- usage documentation: http://expeditor-docs.es.chef.io/configuration/changelog/ -->
-<!-- latest_release 4.18.73 -->
-## [v4.18.73](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/tree/v4.18.73) (2020-01-30)
+<!-- latest_release 4.18.74 -->
+## [v4.18.74](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/tree/v4.18.74) (2020-01-30)
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
-- bad master merge... rushing this through [#4871](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4871) ([zenspider](https://github.com/zenspider))
+- the correct, un-panicked fix. [#4872](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4872) ([zenspider](https://github.com/zenspider))
 <!-- latest_release -->
 
 <!-- release_rollup since=4.18.51 -->
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 - upstream is basic_auth_only not basic_auth [#4834](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4834) ([shawnifoley](https://github.com/shawnifoley)) <!-- 4.18.60 -->
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
+- the correct, un-panicked fix. [#4872](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4872) ([zenspider](https://github.com/zenspider)) <!-- 4.18.74 -->
 - bad master merge... rushing this through [#4871](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4871) ([zenspider](https://github.com/zenspider)) <!-- 4.18.73 -->
 - Add support for yocto linux in service resource [#4843](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4843) ([michaellihs](https://github.com/michaellihs)) <!-- 4.18.72 -->
 - Fix up the platform on etc_hosts, virtualization, ini, and xml resources to fix OS disparity. [#4862](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4862) ([zenspider](https://github.com/zenspider)) <!-- 4.18.71 -->
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 737a77f49..5678958ab 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.18.73
\ No newline at end of file
+4.18.74
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/inspec-bin/lib/inspec-bin/version.rb b/inspec-bin/lib/inspec-bin/version.rb
index b06b399ec..f808dd73e 100644
--- a/inspec-bin/lib/inspec-bin/version.rb
+++ b/inspec-bin/lib/inspec-bin/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This file managed by automation - do not edit manually
 module InspecBin
   INSPECBIN_ROOT = File.expand_path("../..", __FILE__)
-  VERSION = "4.18.73".freeze
+  VERSION = "4.18.74".freeze
 end
diff --git a/lib/inspec/version.rb b/lib/inspec/version.rb
index a6a161098..e85610138 100644
--- a/lib/inspec/version.rb
+++ b/lib/inspec/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Inspec
-  VERSION = "4.18.73".freeze
+  VERSION = "4.18.74".freeze
 end