diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c4e864a2..ca87d582 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]
 
+## [1.18.0] - 2026-10-17
+
 ### Added
 
 - The widget picker shows a one-line description of each widget type.
@@ -1893,7 +1895,8 @@ Everything before 1.0.0 was iterative development, condensed here:
 - **i18n**: full localization added
 - **Tooling**: linting, type-checking, test coverage, core docs added
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/SandObserver/stackyard/compare/v1.17.0...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/SandObserver/stackyard/compare/v1.18.0...HEAD
+[1.18.0]: https://github.com/SandObserver/stackyard/compare/v1.17.0...v1.18.0
 [1.17.0]: https://github.com/SandObserver/stackyard/compare/v1.16.0...v1.17.0
 [1.16.0]: https://github.com/SandObserver/stackyard/compare/v1.15.0...v1.16.0
 [1.15.0]: https://github.com/SandObserver/stackyard/compare/v1.14.0...v1.15.0
diff --git a/api/package.json b/api/package.json
index fb50d13e..73e62cca 100644
--- a/api/package.json
+++ b/api/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "stackyard-api",
-  "version": "1.17.0",
+  "version": "1.18.0",
   "description": "Stackyard API - Self-hosted homelab dashboard backend",
   "main": "src/server.js",
   "engines": {
diff --git a/render.yaml b/render.yaml
index 5659abe5..2cf09d2d 100644
--- a/render.yaml
+++ b/render.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ services:
     plan: free
     region: oregon
     image:
-      url: ghcr.io/sandobserver/stackyard:1.17.0
+      url: ghcr.io/sandobserver/stackyard:1.18.0
     envVars:
       - key: DEMO_MODE
         value: "true"