diff --git a/docs/docusaurus/docs/changelog.md b/docs/docusaurus/docs/changelog.md
index aaa7c947b3a1..21d351d4b3c2 100644
--- a/docs/docusaurus/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/docusaurus/docs/changelog.md
@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@ title: Changelog
 - Deprecation warnings are accompanied by a moniker (as a code comment) indicating when they were deprecated.  For example: `# deprecated-v0.13`
 - Changes to methods and parameters due to deprecation are also noted in the relevant docstrings.
 
+### 0.18.6
+* [BUGFIX] 0.18.x: Microsoft Fabric Semantic Link API update ([#9102](https://github.com/great-expectations/great_expectations/pull/9102))
+* [BUGFIX] `0.18.x` cherrypick `create_temp_tables` fixes from `develop` ([#9124](https://github.com/great-expectations/great_expectations/pull/9124))
+* [BUGFIX] B/remove connection log v0.18 ([#9136](https://github.com/great-expectations/great_expectations/pull/9136))
+* [BUGFIX] Fix QueryAsset with `create_temp_table=False` ([#9148](https://github.com/great-expectations/great_expectations/pull/9148))
+* [DOCS] Fix doc test to use `create_temp_table=True` with QueryAsset ([#9137](https://github.com/great-expectations/great_expectations/pull/9137))
+* [DOCS] `how_to_connect_to_postgresql_data` uses `create_temp_table=True` ([#9140](https://github.com/great-expectations/great_expectations/pull/9140))
+* [MAINTENANCE] Delete `test_run_multibatch_data_assistant_and_checkpoint` ([#9128](https://github.com/great-expectations/great_expectations/pull/9128))
+
 ### 0.18.5
 * [BUGFIX] validator head query limit ([#9071](https://github.com/great-expectations/great_expectations/pull/9071))
 * [BUGFIX] Databricks shared compute fix ([#9034](https://github.com/great-expectations/great_expectations/pull/9034))
diff --git a/docs/docusaurus/docs/components/_data.jsx b/docs/docusaurus/docs/components/_data.jsx
index 7ec8b8cf6a0f..e875aeb64f81 100644
--- a/docs/docusaurus/docs/components/_data.jsx
+++ b/docs/docusaurus/docs/components/_data.jsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 export default {
-  release_version: 'great_expectations, version 0.18.5',
+  release_version: 'great_expectations, version 0.18.6',
   min_python: '3.8',
   max_python: '3.11'
 }
diff --git a/docs/docusaurus/docusaurus.config.js b/docs/docusaurus/docusaurus.config.js
index 9944187d2eee..c92262e7c8bb 100644
--- a/docs/docusaurus/docusaurus.config.js
+++ b/docs/docusaurus/docusaurus.config.js
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ module.exports = {
           lastVersion: 'current',
           versions: {
             current: {
-              label: '0.18.5',
+              label: '0.18.6',
               path: ''
             }
           }
diff --git a/docs_rtd/changelog.rst b/docs_rtd/changelog.rst
index 230f3de0e215..95d05c021c7e 100644
--- a/docs_rtd/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs_rtd/changelog.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,16 @@
 Changelog
 #########
 
+0.18.6
+-----------------
+* [BUGFIX] 0.18.x: Microsoft Fabric Semantic Link API update ([#9102](https://github.com/great-expectations/great_expectations/pull/9102))
+* [BUGFIX] `0.18.x` cherrypick `create_temp_tables` fixes from `develop` ([#9124](https://github.com/great-expectations/great_expectations/pull/9124))
+* [BUGFIX] B/remove connection log v0.18 ([#9136](https://github.com/great-expectations/great_expectations/pull/9136))
+* [BUGFIX] Fix QueryAsset with `create_temp_table=False` ([#9148](https://github.com/great-expectations/great_expectations/pull/9148))
+* [DOCS] Fix doc test to use `create_temp_table=True` with QueryAsset ([#9137](https://github.com/great-expectations/great_expectations/pull/9137))
+* [DOCS] `how_to_connect_to_postgresql_data` uses `create_temp_table=True` ([#9140](https://github.com/great-expectations/great_expectations/pull/9140))
+* [MAINTENANCE] Delete `test_run_multibatch_data_assistant_and_checkpoint` ([#9128](https://github.com/great-expectations/great_expectations/pull/9128))
+
 0.18.5
 -----------------
 * [BUGFIX] validator head query limit ([#9071](https://github.com/great-expectations/great_expectations/pull/9071))
diff --git a/great_expectations/deployment_version b/great_expectations/deployment_version
index 543466e4da59..a1b6a99c6f00 100644
--- a/great_expectations/deployment_version
+++ b/great_expectations/deployment_version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.18.5
+0.18.6