diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 036369dce..761c2d6e8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.18.0] - 2022-05-04
+
 ### Added
 
 - New commons::s3 module with common S3 connection structs ([#377]).
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0d8be2fb2..5a8b459b6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description = "Stackable Operator Framework"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 name = "stackable-operator"
-version = "0.17.0"
+version = "0.18.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs"
 
 [dependencies]