diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 5e39b941..513fac0e 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.18.0"
+  ".": "0.18.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6cbb66a2..3ba1efac 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.18.1](https://github.com/pleaseai/shunt/compare/v0.18.0...v0.18.1) (2026-07-15)
+
+
+### Performance Improvements
+
+* **codex:** bound WebSocket event channel ([#167](https://github.com/pleaseai/shunt/issues/167)) ([1c65f7b](https://github.com/pleaseai/shunt/commit/1c65f7b8edfea3804a6fb77bd158378541691e02))
+* **codex:** single-flight CodexAuthStore refresh ([#168](https://github.com/pleaseai/shunt/issues/168)) ([6079053](https://github.com/pleaseai/shunt/commit/60790530d3771cefb1ca4133f4f2ba487d85d021))
+
 ## [0.18.0](https://github.com/pleaseai/shunt/compare/v0.17.0...v0.18.0) (2026-07-15)
 
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a5fdbe63..bbfe1d78 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2662,7 +2662,7 @@ checksum = "f8fadd59c855ef2080decdef8ff161eb6661b86933c9d82e5ba29dc602a55aba"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "shunt-gateway"
-version = "0.18.0"
+version = "0.18.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "arc-swap",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 00a1e773..12901209 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # crates.io package name; the library and binary keep the short name `shunt`
 # (the bare `shunt` crate name is taken by an unrelated project).
 name = "shunt-gateway"
-version = "0.18.0"
+version = "0.18.1"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Claude Code LLM gateway — an Anthropic Messages proxy that routes models to OpenAI/Codex and Anthropic-compatible backends"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"