diff --git a/.github/release-please-manifest.json b/.github/release-please-manifest.json
index 90406c355b7..94f066ff8f9 100644
--- a/.github/release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.github/release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{".":"2.17.0"}
+{".":"2.18.0"}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d61c0b92f9a..8527fcf7efc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -100,6 +100,30 @@
 * **tar:** cache the parse result of GNU tar help ([247ba7b](https://github.com/scop/bash-completion/commit/247ba7bb794332a42920cae796a4a9deff5179b0))
 * **tar:** parse the GNU tar help on initialization ([b030e07](https://github.com/scop/bash-completion/commit/b030e07f1055dbc1e40b7d2f17ccd045802ff061))
 
+## [2.18.0](https://github.com/scop/bash-completion/compare/2.17.0...2.18.0) (2025-12-14)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **aclocal,automake:** support versioned 1.17 executables ([94bbb3a](https://github.com/scop/bash-completion/commit/94bbb3a1b6fafeac96c27e1899dd5efc920a6a89))
+* **pnpm:** add 3rd party fallback completion loader ([44804ae](https://github.com/scop/bash-completion/commit/44804ae89fd032af6058cd8307080aa759a0a73d))
+* **pydoc:** support versioned 3.13..15 executables ([bd60b26](https://github.com/scop/bash-completion/commit/bd60b26e6fb3c774c959ad3e7f8558485b60c405))
+* **python,pyvenv:** support versioned 3.14 and .15 executables ([72a2e47](https://github.com/scop/bash-completion/commit/72a2e479cfe743ab870bf479adb3a3c27eb7e64f))
+* **ssh-keygen:** -M arg completion ([b13bf99](https://github.com/scop/bash-completion/commit/b13bf99ac8f765fde880b464e41e1e64b1f1161d))
+* **ssh-keygen:** -Z argument completion ([c763d52](https://github.com/scop/bash-completion/commit/c763d52dfd8934c59e8fa7f8d95142444d08dc8e))
+* **ssh-keygen:** more option arg completions ([1303f8a](https://github.com/scop/bash-completion/commit/1303f8aba2f083d6d064225a1155fc23099f538d))
+* **ssh-keygen:** update -t arg completions ([4269a90](https://github.com/scop/bash-completion/commit/4269a90fa4d0920c330c90a679c18e8cafb19e7b))
+* **ssh-keygen:** update -Y arg completions ([a73bcaf](https://github.com/scop/bash-completion/commit/a73bcaf1e1ee366362d121534ce1cc8e6dece090))
+* **sudo-rs,sudo.ws:** alias to sudo ([084cc68](https://github.com/scop/bash-completion/commit/084cc684071fcd025eae650bdf09429a8d3eb33d))
+* **sudo:** more option argument (non-)completions ([379ec2d](https://github.com/scop/bash-completion/commit/379ec2d57c417ca49bfea3670e6fbb03e67a528f))
+* **sudo:** more option argument (non-)completions ([216135e](https://github.com/scop/bash-completion/commit/216135ecb10457f247e33a40aa3247915ab095cc))
+* **waydroid:** add 3rd party fallback completion loader ([acc800f](https://github.com/scop/bash-completion/commit/acc800f023ab446775c4ab1db7c77db3d2fdc739))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **_comp_complete_service:** fix init-script-action parsing ([#1499](https://github.com/scop/bash-completion/issues/1499)) ([91e075a](https://github.com/scop/bash-completion/commit/91e075a96d39d0234ada752a63937f63ea186eb8))
+
 ## [2.16.0](https://github.com/scop/bash-completion/compare/2.15.0...2.16.0) (2024-12-25)
 
 
diff --git a/bash_completion b/bash_completion
index 30e18cedb42..5ad635ea454 100644
--- a/bash_completion
+++ b/bash_completion
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 BASH_COMPLETION_VERSINFO=(
     2  # x-release-please-major
-    17 # x-release-please-minor
+    18 # x-release-please-minor
     0  # x-release-please-patch
 )
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 050d892d2fd..23dc635860e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.60])
-AC_INIT([bash-completion], [2.17.0]) dnl x-release-please-version
+AC_INIT([bash-completion], [2.18.0]) dnl x-release-please-version
 dnl tar-pax for portable UTF-8 handling
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([
     foreign dist-xz no-dist-gzip tar-pax -Wall -Wno-portability -Werror
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index d76bd2ba3ef..cf8690732fe 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.17.0
+2.18.0