diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f2e57e87..12b13735 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+### v1.18.0 - 2024/10/08
+##### Features
+* Dead letter index (DLI): do not send retryable errors to the DLI [793](https://github.com/elastic/elastic-serverless-forwarder/pull/793).
+##### Bug fixes
+* Dead letter index (DLI): align the `error` field in documents to the ECS format; the field now provides `error.message` and `error.type` [793](https://github.com/elastic/elastic-serverless-forwarder/pull/793).
+
 ### v1.17.2 - 2024/09/24
 ##### Bug fixes
 * Remove call to EC2:DescribeRegions API in the cloudwatch-logs input [811](https://github.com/elastic/elastic-serverless-forwarder/pull/811).
diff --git a/share/version.py b/share/version.py
index 547fcb47..e7b1e9d7 100644
--- a/share/version.py
+++ b/share/version.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 # or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License 2.0;
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License 2.0.
 
-version = "1.17.2"
+version = "1.18.0"