diff --git a/build/version.go b/build/version.go
index 46c0a4c15b..9ceb4fbd7b 100644
--- a/build/version.go
+++ b/build/version.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ const (
 	AppMinor uint = 18
 
 	// AppPatch defines the application patch for this binary.
-	AppPatch uint = 00
+	AppPatch uint = 1
 
 	// AppPreRelease MUST only contain characters from semanticAlphabet per
 	// the semantic versioning spec.
diff --git a/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.18.1.md b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.18.1.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4e48f639df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.18.1.md
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# Release Notes
+- [Bug Fixes](#bug-fixes)
+- [New Features](#new-features)
+    - [Functional Enhancements](#functional-enhancements)
+    - [RPC Additions](#rpc-additions)
+    - [lncli Additions](#lncli-additions)
+- [Improvements](#improvements)
+    - [Functional Updates](#functional-updates)
+    - [RPC Updates](#rpc-updates)
+    - [lncli Updates](#lncli-updates)
+    - [Breaking Changes](#breaking-changes)
+    - [Performance Improvements](#performance-improvements)
+- [Technical and Architectural Updates](#technical-and-architectural-updates)
+    - [BOLT Spec Updates](#bolt-spec-updates)
+    - [Testing](#testing)
+    - [Database](#database)
+    - [Code Health](#code-health)
+    - [Tooling and Documentation](#tooling-and-documentation)
+
+# Bug Fixes
+
+* [Fixed a bug](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/8862) in error
+  matching from publishing transactions that can cause the broadcast process to
+  fail if `btcd` with an older version (pre-`v0.24.2`) is used.
+
+# New Features
+## Functional Enhancements
+## RPC Additions
+## lncli Additions
+
+# Improvements
+## Functional Updates
+## RPC Updates
+## lncli Updates
+## Code Health
+## Breaking Changes
+## Performance Improvements
+
+# Technical and Architectural Updates
+## BOLT Spec Updates
+
+## Testing
+## Database
+## Code Health
+## Tooling and Documentation
+
+# Contributors (Alphabetical Order)
+
+* Yyforyongyu
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 55898d79a5..2481b5d522 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ require (
 	github.com/NebulousLabs/go-upnp v0.0.0-20180202185039-29b680b06c82
 	github.com/Yawning/aez v0.0.0-20211027044916-e49e68abd344
 	github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.0.4
-	github.com/btcsuite/btcd v0.24.2-beta.rc1.0.20240403021926-ae5533602c46
+	github.com/btcsuite/btcd v0.24.2
 	github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec/v2 v2.3.3
 	github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcutil v1.1.5
 	github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcutil/psbt v1.1.8
 	github.com/btcsuite/btcd/chaincfg/chainhash v1.1.0
 	github.com/btcsuite/btclog v0.0.0-20170628155309-84c8d2346e9f
-	github.com/btcsuite/btcwallet v0.16.10-0.20240404104514-b2f31f9045fb
+	github.com/btcsuite/btcwallet v0.16.10-0.20240625163855-b42ed59f0528
 	github.com/btcsuite/btcwallet/wallet/txauthor v1.3.4
 	github.com/btcsuite/btcwallet/wallet/txrules v1.2.1
 	github.com/btcsuite/btcwallet/walletdb v1.4.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5a21d5439f..3be1a7f0c1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1/go.mod h1:G2ZrVWU2WbWT9wwq4/hrbKbnv/1ERSJQ0ibhJ6r
 github.com/btcsuite/btcd v0.20.1-beta/go.mod h1:wVuoA8VJLEcwgqHBwHmzLRazpKxTv13Px/pDuV7OomQ=
 github.com/btcsuite/btcd v0.22.0-beta.0.20220111032746-97732e52810c/go.mod h1:tjmYdS6MLJ5/s0Fj4DbLgSbDHbEqLJrtnHecBFkdz5M=
 github.com/btcsuite/btcd v0.23.5-0.20231215221805-96c9fd8078fd/go.mod h1:nm3Bko6zh6bWP60UxwoT5LzdGJsQJaPo6HjduXq9p6A=
-github.com/btcsuite/btcd v0.24.2-beta.rc1.0.20240403021926-ae5533602c46 h1:tjpNTdZNQqE14menwDGAxWfzN0DFHVTXFEyEL8yvA/4=
-github.com/btcsuite/btcd v0.24.2-beta.rc1.0.20240403021926-ae5533602c46/go.mod h1:5C8ChTkl5ejr3WHj8tkQSCmydiMEPB0ZhQhehpq7Dgg=
+github.com/btcsuite/btcd v0.24.2 h1:aLmxPguqxza+4ag8R1I2nnJjSu2iFn/kqtHTIImswcY=
+github.com/btcsuite/btcd v0.24.2/go.mod h1:5C8ChTkl5ejr3WHj8tkQSCmydiMEPB0ZhQhehpq7Dgg=
 github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:2VzYrv4Gm4apmbVVsSq5bqf1Ec8v56E48Vt0Y/umPgA=
 github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec/v2 v2.1.3/go.mod h1:ctjw4H1kknNJmRN4iP1R7bTQ+v3GJkZBd6mui8ZsAZE=
 github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec/v2 v2.3.3 h1:6+iXlDKE8RMtKsvK0gshlXIuPbyWM/h84Ensb7o3sC0=
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ github.com/btcsuite/btcd/chaincfg/chainhash v1.1.0/go.mod h1:7SFka0XMvUgj3hfZtyd
 github.com/btcsuite/btclog v0.0.0-20170628155309-84c8d2346e9f h1:bAs4lUbRJpnnkd9VhRV3jjAVU7DJVjMaK+IsvSeZvFo=
 github.com/btcsuite/btclog v0.0.0-20170628155309-84c8d2346e9f/go.mod h1:TdznJufoqS23FtqVCzL0ZqgP5MqXbb4fg/WgDys70nA=
 github.com/btcsuite/btcutil v0.0.0-20190425235716-9e5f4b9a998d/go.mod h1:+5NJ2+qvTyV9exUAL/rxXi3DcLg2Ts+ymUAY5y4NvMg=
-github.com/btcsuite/btcwallet v0.16.10-0.20240404104514-b2f31f9045fb h1:qoIOlBPRZWtfpcbQlNFf67Wz8ZlXo+mxQc9Pnbm/iqU=
-github.com/btcsuite/btcwallet v0.16.10-0.20240404104514-b2f31f9045fb/go.mod h1:2C3Q/MhYAKmk7F+Tey6LfKtKRTdQsrCf8AAAzzDPmH4=
+github.com/btcsuite/btcwallet v0.16.10-0.20240625163855-b42ed59f0528 h1:DZRmr47CdPnNglwEVACPnJnGrfb/GBGyoGs5oqvLFg4=
+github.com/btcsuite/btcwallet v0.16.10-0.20240625163855-b42ed59f0528/go.mod h1:SLFUSQbP8ON/wxholYMfVLvGPJyk7boczOW/ob+nww4=
 github.com/btcsuite/btcwallet/wallet/txauthor v1.3.4 h1:poyHFf7+5+RdxNp5r2T6IBRD7RyraUsYARYbp/7t4D8=
 github.com/btcsuite/btcwallet/wallet/txauthor v1.3.4/go.mod h1:GETGDQuyq+VFfH1S/+/7slLM/9aNa4l7P4ejX6dJfb0=
 github.com/btcsuite/btcwallet/wallet/txrules v1.2.1 h1:UZo7YRzdHbwhK7Rhv3PO9bXgTxiOH45edK5qdsdiatk=