diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3310941b..8c6ac685 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,15 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [6.18.0] - 2024-08-26
+
+### Changed
+
+- Upgrade Go to v1.23.0
+- Upgrade golangci-lint to v1.60.3
+- Upgrade nancy to v1.0.46
+- Upgrade kubeconform to v0.4.14
+
 ## [6.17.0] - 2024-08-19
 
 ### Changed
@@ -503,7 +512,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Add changelog.
 - Add SemVer versioning.
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/giantswarm/architect/compare/v6.17.0...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/giantswarm/architect/compare/v6.18.0...HEAD
+[6.18.0]: https://github.com/giantswarm/architect/compare/v6.17.0...v6.18.0
 [6.17.0]: https://github.com/giantswarm/architect/compare/v6.16.0...v6.17.0
 [6.16.0]: https://github.com/giantswarm/architect/compare/v6.15.1...v6.16.0
 [6.15.1]: https://github.com/giantswarm/architect/compare/v6.15.0...v6.15.1
diff --git a/pkg/project/project.go b/pkg/project/project.go
index f07b498e..2bdc3881 100644
--- a/pkg/project/project.go
+++ b/pkg/project/project.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package project
 var (
 	buildTimestamp string
 	gitSHA         string
-	version        = "6.17.0"
+	version        = "6.18.0"
 )
 
 func BuildTimestamp() string {