diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 687c770..557b573 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.18.0] - 2026-07-27
+
 ### Added
 - `DEVA_AUTH_TAG` container env (#496): the auth tag deva already computes
   for container naming (`auth-default` | `auth-file-<stem>` |
diff --git a/deva.sh b/deva.sh
index d311964..3fe6f5d 100755
--- a/deva.sh
+++ b/deva.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ if [ -n "${DEVA_DOCKER_TAG+x}" ]; then
     DEVA_DOCKER_TAG_SOURCE="env"
 fi
 
-VERSION="0.17.0"
+VERSION="0.18.0"
 DEVA_DOCKER_IMAGE="${DEVA_DOCKER_IMAGE:-ghcr.io/thevibeworks/deva}"
 DEVA_DOCKER_TAG="${DEVA_DOCKER_TAG:-latest}"
 DEVA_CONTAINER_PREFIX="${DEVA_CONTAINER_PREFIX:-deva}"