diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index da7587a..7ec3b45 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]
 
+## [0.18.1] - 2026-07-28
+
 ### Fixed
 - Intermittent `env: 'claude': Permission denied` at container start
   (#506): `usermod -u` chowns the home tree with the top-level dir last,
diff --git a/deva.sh b/deva.sh
index 3fe6f5d..1910983 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="0.18.0"
+VERSION="0.18.1"
 DEVA_DOCKER_IMAGE="${DEVA_DOCKER_IMAGE:-ghcr.io/thevibeworks/deva}"
 DEVA_DOCKER_TAG="${DEVA_DOCKER_TAG:-latest}"
 DEVA_CONTAINER_PREFIX="${DEVA_CONTAINER_PREFIX:-deva}"