diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 04ca5e90e..75d6deec0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 # Change Log
 <!-- usage documentation: http://expeditor-docs.es.chef.io/configuration/changelog/ -->
-<!-- latest_release 5.18.5 -->
-## [v5.18.5](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/tree/v5.18.5) (2022-06-13)
+<!-- latest_release 5.18.6 -->
+## [v5.18.6](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/tree/v5.18.6) (2022-06-22)
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
-- add ruby test 3.1 in verify pipeline [#5892](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/5892) ([jayashrig158](https://github.com/jayashrig158))
+- Updated plugins doc with send_report functionality [#6144](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/6144) ([Nik08](https://github.com/Nik08))
 <!-- latest_release -->
 
 <!-- release_rollup since=5.17.4 -->
 ### Changes since 5.17.4 release
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
+- Updated plugins doc with send_report functionality [#6144](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/6144) ([Nik08](https://github.com/Nik08)) <!-- 5.18.6 -->
 - add ruby test 3.1 in verify pipeline [#5892](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/5892) ([jayashrig158](https://github.com/jayashrig158)) <!-- 5.18.5 -->
 - Add inspec-6 branch as release branch [#6136](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/6136) ([clintoncwolfe](https://github.com/clintoncwolfe)) <!-- 5.18.4 -->
 - Dk/matchers rewrite [#6007](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/6007) ([dkumaras](https://github.com/dkumaras)) <!-- 5.18.3 -->
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 734fd6426..72ee29089 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5.18.5
\ No newline at end of file
+5.18.6
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/inspec-bin/lib/inspec-bin/version.rb b/inspec-bin/lib/inspec-bin/version.rb
index 5744867ed..3cdd69f4d 100644
--- a/inspec-bin/lib/inspec-bin/version.rb
+++ b/inspec-bin/lib/inspec-bin/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This file managed by automation - do not edit manually
 module InspecBin
   INSPECBIN_ROOT = File.expand_path("..", __dir__)
-  VERSION = "5.18.5".freeze
+  VERSION = "5.18.6".freeze
 end
diff --git a/lib/inspec/version.rb b/lib/inspec/version.rb
index 3a7cb49cf..73c7ce21c 100644
--- a/lib/inspec/version.rb
+++ b/lib/inspec/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Inspec
-  VERSION = "5.18.5".freeze
+  VERSION = "5.18.6".freeze
 end