diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 3741b313a..4ce109ae1 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7e18ab5f5..03285021e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 1.18.0 (2024-04-15)
+
+Full Changelog: [v1.17.1...v1.18.0](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/compare/v1.17.1...v1.18.0)
+
+### Features
+
+* **api:** add batch API ([#1316](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/issues/1316)) ([3e6f19e](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/commit/3e6f19e6e7489bf1c94944a5f8f9b1d4535cdc43))
+* **api:** updates ([#1314](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/issues/1314)) ([8281dc9](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/commit/8281dc956178f5de345645660081f7d0c15a57a6))
+
 ## 1.17.1 (2024-04-12)
 
 Full Changelog: [v1.17.0...v1.17.1](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/compare/v1.17.0...v1.17.1)
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index 9eb633061..505f1a3e7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
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index a4ffbb2c3..2957462e3 100644
--- a/src/openai/_version.py
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