diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index d5ba1e81..47dc9826 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.0.0-preview.17"
+  ".": "2.0.0-preview.18"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9db25bee..baf4e9bc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.0.0-preview.18](https://github.com/microsoft/OpenAPI.NET.OData/compare/v2.0.0-preview.17...v2.0.0-preview.18) (2025-07-02)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* a bug where checking the whether a type is referenced would lead to a null reference exception ([39bbbc2](https://github.com/microsoft/OpenAPI.NET.OData/commit/39bbbc23ca4c12b0c117f8016d18542f82af10fd))
+* a bug where checking the whether a type is referenced would lead to a null reference exception ([f0dc51d](https://github.com/microsoft/OpenAPI.NET.OData/commit/f0dc51d544f5727ad813cbc30385837a92ad8d73))
+* a bug where empty enums would make the conversion fail ([b3a645b](https://github.com/microsoft/OpenAPI.NET.OData/commit/b3a645bd7b9302f4a1e64937d475a5f024144d4b))
+* a bug where empty enums would make the conversion fail ([1abcf49](https://github.com/microsoft/OpenAPI.NET.OData/commit/1abcf4971d985c0ebd5a267842d6254a13a5b90d))
+
 ## [2.0.0-preview.17](https://github.com/microsoft/OpenAPI.NET.OData/compare/v2.0.0-preview.16...v2.0.0-preview.17) (2025-07-02)
 
 
diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index 0551f5f0..2172ccb0 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <PackageProjectUrl>https://github.com/Microsoft/OpenAPI.NET.OData</PackageProjectUrl>
     <Copyright>© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.</Copyright>
     <PackageTags>Microsoft OpenApi OData EDM</PackageTags>
-    <Version>2.0.0-preview.17</Version>
+    <Version>2.0.0-preview.18</Version>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <!-- https://github.com/clairernovotny/DeterministicBuilds#deterministic-builds -->
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(TF_BUILD)' == 'true'">