diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7a1e9bdb5c..080d0bf423 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,19 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog].
 
 [Keep a Changelog]: http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
+## [v0.18.1] - 2023-04-26
+
+This release fixes a couple bugs and improves the ergonomics for the HTTP client
+when no tower middleware is enabled.
+
+### Changed
+- http client: add default generic param for the backend ([#1099](https://github.com/paritytech/jsonrpsee/pull/1099))
+
+### Fixed
+- rpc module: fix race in subscription close callback  ([#1098](https://github.com/paritytech/jsonrpsee/pull/1098))
+- client: add missing batch request tracing span  ([#1097](https://github.com/paritytech/jsonrpsee/pull/1097))
+- ws server: don't wait for graceful shutdown when connection already closed  ([#1103](https://github.com/paritytech/jsonrpsee/pull/1103))
+
 ## [v0.18.0] - 2023-04-21
 
 This is a breaking release that removes the `CallError` which was used to represent a JSON-RPC error object that
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index cc74e3ebeb..8501e17e59 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ resolver = "2"
 
 [workspace.package]
 authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>", "Pierre Krieger <pierre.krieger1708@gmail.com>"]
-version = "0.18.0"
+version = "0.18.1"
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.64.0"
 license = "MIT"
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ keywords = ["jsonrpc", "json", "http", "websocket", "WASM"]
 readme = "README.md"
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
-jsonrpsee-types = { path = "types", version = "0.18.0" }
-jsonrpsee-core = { path = "core", version = "0.18.0" }
-jsonrpsee-server = { path = "server", version = "0.18.0" }
-jsonrpsee-ws-client = { path = "client/ws-client", version = "0.18.0" }
-jsonrpsee-http-client = { path = "client/http-client", version = "0.18.0" }
-jsonrpsee-wasm-client = { path = "client/wasm-client", version = "0.18.0" }
-jsonrpsee-client-transport = { path = "client/transport", version = "0.18.0" }
-jsonrpsee-proc-macros = { path = "proc-macros", version = "0.18.0" }
+jsonrpsee-types = { path = "types", version = "0.18.1" }
+jsonrpsee-core = { path = "core", version = "0.18.1" }
+jsonrpsee-server = { path = "server", version = "0.18.1" }
+jsonrpsee-ws-client = { path = "client/ws-client", version = "0.18.1" }
+jsonrpsee-http-client = { path = "client/http-client", version = "0.18.1" }
+jsonrpsee-wasm-client = { path = "client/wasm-client", version = "0.18.1" }
+jsonrpsee-client-transport = { path = "client/transport", version = "0.18.1" }
+jsonrpsee-proc-macros = { path = "proc-macros", version = "0.18.1" }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2eac8ed023..5e7c0d9cc3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 ![MIT](https://img.shields.io/crates/l/jsonrpsee.svg)
 [![CI](https://github.com/paritytech/jsonrpsee/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/paritytech/jsonrpsee/actions/workflows/ci.yml)
 [![Benchmarks](https://github.com/paritytech/jsonrpsee/actions/workflows/benchmarks.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/paritytech/jsonrpsee/actions/workflows/benchmarks.yml)
-[![dependency status](https://deps.rs/crate/jsonrpsee/0.18.0/status.svg)](https://deps.rs/crate/jsonrpsee/0.18.0)
+[![dependency status](https://deps.rs/crate/jsonrpsee/0.18.1/status.svg)](https://deps.rs/crate/jsonrpsee/0.18.1)
 
 JSON-RPC library designed for async/await in Rust.