diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 31942b11e8..af6a34b2fe 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
-## [UNRELEASED]
+## [5.18.0] - 2023-10-25
 
 ### Updated
 - Updated Plotly.js from version 2.26.0 to version 2.27.0. See the [plotly.js CHANGELOG](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#2270----2023-10-20) for more information. These changes are reflected in the auto-generated `plotly.graph_objects` module. Notable changes include:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cdb1b0f96a..f1e032eb49 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 ## Quickstart
 
-`pip install plotly==5.17.0`
+`pip install plotly==5.18.0`
 
 Inside [Jupyter](https://jupyter.org/install) (installable with `pip install "jupyterlab>=3" "ipywidgets>=7.6"`):
 
@@ -78,13 +78,13 @@ Built on top of [plotly.js](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js), `plotly.py` is
 plotly.py may be installed using pip...
 
 ```
-pip install plotly==5.17.0
+pip install plotly==5.18.0
 ```
 
 or conda.
 
 ```
-conda install -c plotly plotly=5.17.0
+conda install -c plotly plotly=5.18.0
 ```
 
 ### JupyterLab Support
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ The instructions above apply to JupyterLab 3.x. **For JupyterLab 2 or earlier**,
 
 ```
 # JupyterLab 2.x renderer support
-jupyter labextension install jupyterlab-plotly@5.17.0 @jupyter-widgets/jupyterlab-manager
+jupyter labextension install jupyterlab-plotly@5.18.0 @jupyter-widgets/jupyterlab-manager
 ```
 
 Please check out our [Troubleshooting guide](https://plotly.com/python/troubleshooting/) if you run into any problems with JupyterLab.
diff --git a/packages/javascript/jupyterlab-plotly/package-lock.json b/packages/javascript/jupyterlab-plotly/package-lock.json
index 9cd6e7e129..ca20ac2e9c 100644
--- a/packages/javascript/jupyterlab-plotly/package-lock.json
+++ b/packages/javascript/jupyterlab-plotly/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "jupyterlab-plotly",
-  "version": "5.17.0",
+  "version": "5.18.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "jupyterlab-plotly",
-      "version": "5.17.0",
+      "version": "5.18.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@jupyter-widgets/base": ">=2.0.0 <7.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/javascript/jupyterlab-plotly/package.json b/packages/javascript/jupyterlab-plotly/package.json
index 0633651b76..7b907de18c 100644
--- a/packages/javascript/jupyterlab-plotly/package.json
+++ b/packages/javascript/jupyterlab-plotly/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "jupyterlab-plotly",
-  "version": "5.17.0",
+  "version": "5.18.0",
   "description": "The plotly Jupyter extension",
   "author": "The plotly.py team",
   "license": "MIT",
diff --git a/packages/python/plotly/plotly/_widget_version.py b/packages/python/plotly/plotly/_widget_version.py
index 81af2ecaf5..e47bc7babe 100644
--- a/packages/python/plotly/plotly/_widget_version.py
+++ b/packages/python/plotly/plotly/_widget_version.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 # for automated dev builds
 #
 # It is edited by hand prior to official releases
-__frontend_version__ = "^5.17.0"
+__frontend_version__ = "^5.18.0"