diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 89dfe57..5e39b94 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.17.2"
+  ".": "0.18.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 753073c..ee2c7c0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.18.0](https://github.com/gi11es/deckard/compare/v0.17.2...v0.18.0) (2026-04-05)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* improve terminal text selection with persistent highlight and click bindings ([#69](https://github.com/gi11es/deckard/issues/69)) ([548f704](https://github.com/gi11es/deckard/commit/548f704de490ce436388ceed355e310adc5785bb))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* switch to SwiftTerm main-updated branch with flag emoji and input lag fixes ([edb3346](https://github.com/gi11es/deckard/commit/edb3346f795e946d4862db329f571a2a55d5e27d))
+
 ## [0.17.2](https://github.com/gi11es/deckard/compare/v0.17.1...v0.17.2) (2026-04-01)
 
 
diff --git a/Resources/Info.plist b/Resources/Info.plist
index 532f705..3c02d39 100644
--- a/Resources/Info.plist
+++ b/Resources/Info.plist
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 	<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
 	<string>APPL</string>
 	<key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
-	<string>0.17.2</string> <!-- x-release-please-version -->
+	<string>0.18.0</string> <!-- x-release-please-version -->
 	<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
-	<string>0.17.2</string> <!-- x-release-please-version -->
+	<string>0.18.0</string> <!-- x-release-please-version -->
 	<key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
 	<string>AppIcon</string>
 	<key>CFBundleIconName</key>