diff --git a/resources/releasedocs/changelog.html b/resources/releasedocs/changelog.html
index b844e1e00..01c8a003b 100644
--- a/resources/releasedocs/changelog.html
+++ b/resources/releasedocs/changelog.html
@@ -141,6 +141,21 @@ hr {
 
 	<div id="pageBody">
 
+<h2>4.1.8 -- <span style="font-weight: normal;">2016-07-30</span></h2>
+
+<h2>        Bug
+</h2>
+<ul>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.igniterealtime.org/browse/SMACK-722'>SMACK-722</a>] -         SASL X-OAUTH2 implementation incorrectly performs Base64 encoding twice
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.igniterealtime.org/browse/SMACK-724'>SMACK-724</a>] -         Do not re-use the Socket after connect() failed.
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.igniterealtime.org/browse/SMACK-725'>SMACK-725</a>] -         ReconnectionManager should handle AlreadyConnectedException and AlreadyLoggedInException not as failure
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.igniterealtime.org/browse/SMACK-726'>SMACK-726</a>] -         &#39;purge&#39; and &#39;remove&#39; IQ of XEP-0013 must be of type &#39;set&#39;
+</li>
+</ul>
+
 <h2>4.1.7 -- <span style="font-weight: normal;">2016-04-14</span></h2>
 
 <h2>        Bug
diff --git a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/offline/OfflineMessageManager.java b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/offline/OfflineMessageManager.java
index 71ef3bd66..0315868d1 100644
--- a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/offline/OfflineMessageManager.java
+++ b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/offline/OfflineMessageManager.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.jivesoftware.smack.filter.AndFilter;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.filter.StanzaExtensionFilter;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.filter.StanzaFilter;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.filter.StanzaTypeFilter;
+import org.jivesoftware.smack.packet.IQ;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.packet.Message;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.packet.Stanza;
 import org.jivesoftware.smackx.disco.ServiceDiscoveryManager;
@@ -228,6 +229,7 @@ public class OfflineMessageManager {
      */
     public void deleteMessages(List<String> nodes) throws NoResponseException, XMPPErrorException, NotConnectedException, InterruptedException {
         OfflineMessageRequest request = new OfflineMessageRequest();
+        request.setType(IQ.Type.set);
         for (String node : nodes) {
             OfflineMessageRequest.Item item = new OfflineMessageRequest.Item(node);
             item.setAction("remove");
@@ -247,6 +249,7 @@ public class OfflineMessageManager {
      */
     public void deleteMessages() throws NoResponseException, XMPPErrorException, NotConnectedException, InterruptedException {
         OfflineMessageRequest request = new OfflineMessageRequest();
+        request.setType(IQ.Type.set);
         request.setPurge(true);
         connection.createPacketCollectorAndSend(request).nextResultOrThrow();
     }