diff --git a/piecrust/CHANGELOG.md b/piecrust/CHANGELOG.md
index 5a09315b..450885e8 100644
--- a/piecrust/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/piecrust/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.18.0] - 2024-03-27
+
 ### Added
 
 - Add `Error::ArgumentBufferOverflow` variant [#343]
@@ -438,7 +440,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 <!-- VERSIONS -->
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/dusk-network/piecrust/compare/piecrust-0.17.0...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/dusk-network/piecrust/compare/piecrust-0.18.0...HEAD
+[0.18.0]: https://github.com/dusk-network/piecrust/compare/piecrust-0.17.0...piecrust-0.18.0
 [0.17.0]: https://github.com/dusk-network/piecrust/compare/piecrust-0.16.0...piecrust-0.17.0
 [0.16.0]: https://github.com/dusk-network/piecrust/compare/piecrust-0.15.0...piecrust-0.16.0
 [0.15.0]: https://github.com/dusk-network/piecrust/compare/piecrust-0.14.1...piecrust-0.15.0
diff --git a/piecrust/Cargo.toml b/piecrust/Cargo.toml
index f6299165..da71eea0 100644
--- a/piecrust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/piecrust/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ categories = ["wasm", "no-std", "cryptography::cryptocurrencies"]
 keywords = ["virtual", "machine", "smart", "contract", "wasm"]
 
 repository = "https://github.com/dusk-network/piecrust"
-version = "0.17.0"
+version = "0.18.0"
 
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MPL-2.0"