diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6803f65ab..700f570ab 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
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diff --git a/rumqttd/CHANGELOG.md b/rumqttd/CHANGELOG.md
index d6bee3c04..160aa40b4 100644
--- a/rumqttd/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/rumqttd/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,22 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+
+### Changed
+
+### Deprecated
+
+### Removed
+
+### Fixed
+
+### Security
+
+---
+
+## [rumqttd 0.18.0] - 12-09-2023
+
 ### Added
 - Will delay interval for MQTTv5 (#686)
 
diff --git a/rumqttd/Cargo.toml b/rumqttd/Cargo.toml
index f4c5c3a97..5b14db2b9 100644
--- a/rumqttd/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rumqttd/Cargo.toml
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