diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6e6cb4d16..249b0ea17 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-auth/#history
 
+## [2.18.1](https://github.com/googleapis/google-auth-library-python/compare/v2.18.0...v2.18.1) (2023-05-17)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Self signed jwt token should be string type ([#1294](https://github.com/googleapis/google-auth-library-python/issues/1294)) ([17356fd](https://github.com/googleapis/google-auth-library-python/commit/17356fdd92da2123f989f67a5cebf82c78a3bc12))
+
 ## [2.18.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-auth-library-python/compare/v2.17.3...v2.18.0) (2023-05-10)
 
 
diff --git a/google/auth/version.py b/google/auth/version.py
index fa3257aba..b766f25e1 100644
--- a/google/auth/version.py
+++ b/google/auth/version.py
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-__version__ = "2.18.0"
+__version__ = "2.18.1"