diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bd0c7524d624ba4682d85faa03ce58b35995c2e2..790b8abadd3c13be18c3fd4f022f9e0db0a446ff 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [Unreleased] ##
+## [0.18.0] - 2025-05-27 ##
 
 ### Added ###
 
@@ -13,18 +13,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - High level API: Parameter for serialization to output a plain JSON.
 - High level API: Parameter to resolve references when converting to Python object.
 
-### Changed ###
-
-### Deprecated ###
-
 ### Removed ###
 
 - `DropOffBox` class and related parameters (`pickup` for file uploading).
 
-### Fixed ###
-
-### Security ###
-
 ### Documentation ###
 
 * [#78](https://gitlab.com/linkahead/linkahead-pylib/-/issues/78) Fix
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index bcecc2fdd962f4c581a2d53d5c1a324fb643a4a3..e685ff0c010755a512d4be6ab78854f594950273 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ authors:
     given-names: Stefan
     orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7214-8125
 title: CaosDB - Pylib
-version: 0.17.0
+version: 0.18.0
 doi: 10.3390/data4020083
-date-released: 2025-01-14
+date-released: 2025-05-27
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ab8555b858b0004b59e979ac2de7b2b8450073b1..9047cbd0ff2d65a37a9a317229c6349d50a39968 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 # OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 ########################################################################
 
-ISRELEASED = False
+ISRELEASED = True
 MAJOR = 0
-MINOR = 17
-MICRO = 1
+MINOR = 18
+MICRO = 0
 # Do not tag as pre-release until this commit
 # https://github.com/pypa/packaging/pull/515
 # has made it into a release. Probably we should wait for pypa/packaging>=21.4
diff --git a/src/doc/conf.py b/src/doc/conf.py
index ce1aa8ff92d18d1ccd0bd408b1ce9e3523d03940..46c1645c0117df75ec276c1328a423fb29e722fe 100644
--- a/src/doc/conf.py
+++ b/src/doc/conf.py
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ copyright = '2024, IndiScale GmbH'
 author = 'Daniel Hornung'
 
 # The short X.Y version
-version = '0.17.1'
+version = '0.18.0'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
 # release = '0.5.2-rc2'
-release = '0.17.1-dev'
+release = '0.18.0'
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------