diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e442c0d..bc87fef 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,9 +4,24 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. Dates are d
 
 Generated by [`auto-changelog`](https://github.com/CookPete/auto-changelog).
 
+#### [1.18.1](https://github.com/avoidwork/madz/compare/1.18.0...1.18.1)
+
+- fix: searchFiles ReferenceError on stdout?.trim() [`#437`](https://github.com/avoidwork/madz/pull/437)
+- chore(deps): bump ink from 7.0.6 to 7.1.0 [`#430`](https://github.com/avoidwork/madz/pull/430)
+- chore(deps): bump oxfmt from 0.55.0 to 0.56.0 [`#431`](https://github.com/avoidwork/madz/pull/431)
+- chore(deps): bump cron-parser from 5.5.0 to 5.6.0 [`#429`](https://github.com/avoidwork/madz/pull/429)
+- chore(deps): bump oxlint from 1.70.0 to 1.71.0 [`#428`](https://github.com/avoidwork/madz/pull/428)
+- chore(deps): bump tiny-lru from 12.0.0 to 13.0.0 [`#427`](https://github.com/avoidwork/madz/pull/427)
+- chore(deps): bump the langgraph group across 1 directory with 2 updates [`#425`](https://github.com/avoidwork/madz/pull/425)
+- chore(actions): bump actions/checkout from 6 to 7 [`#424`](https://github.com/avoidwork/madz/pull/424)
+- chore: release v1.18.0 [`#434`](https://github.com/avoidwork/madz/pull/434)
+
 #### [1.18.0](https://github.com/avoidwork/madz/compare/1.17.0...1.18.0)
 
+> 22 June 2026
+
 - feat: add turn hash tracking for loop detection [`#433`](https://github.com/avoidwork/madz/pull/433)
+- chore: release v1.18.0 [`e123c40`](https://github.com/avoidwork/madz/commit/e123c4033af83d8b2594453159d3074e407fa1f3)
 
 #### [1.17.0](https://github.com/avoidwork/madz/compare/1.16.0...1.17.0)
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 3c6ca4f..68571d7 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@avoidwork/madz",
-  "version": "1.18.0",
+  "version": "1.18.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@avoidwork/madz",
-      "version": "1.18.0",
+      "version": "1.18.1",
       "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
       "dependencies": {
         "@langchain/langgraph": "^1.4.5",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1beb9f5..63c3129 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@avoidwork/madz",
-  "version": "1.18.0",
+  "version": "1.18.1",
   "description": "A personality-driven AI harness channeling Mads Mikkelsen's cinematic soul.",
   "keywords": [
     "cli",