diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 119f222f0..c065058fe 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 5.21.17 -->
-## [v5.21.17](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/tree/v5.21.17) (2023-01-03)
+<!-- latest_release 5.21.18 -->
+## [v5.21.18](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/tree/v5.21.18) (2023-01-03)
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
-- CFINSPEC-528 Upgraded mock Ubuntu fixture to latest LTS version. [#6351](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/6351) ([Nik08](https://github.com/Nik08))
+- Fixing typo in user_permissions [#6344](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/6344) ([magicmicah](https://github.com/magicmicah))
 <!-- latest_release -->
 
 <!-- release_rollup since=5.18.14 -->
 ### Changes since 5.18.14 release
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
+- Fixing typo in user_permissions [#6344](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/6344) ([magicmicah](https://github.com/magicmicah)) <!-- 5.21.18 -->
 - CFINSPEC-528 Upgraded mock Ubuntu fixture to latest LTS version. [#6351](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/6351) ([Nik08](https://github.com/Nik08)) <!-- 5.21.17 -->
 - CFINSPEC-517: Fix for habitat buld failure  [#6340](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/6340) ([Vasu1105](https://github.com/Vasu1105)) <!-- 5.21.16 -->
 - CFINSPEC-393 - Fix train-kubernetes plugin load issue [#6334](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/6334) ([Vasu1105](https://github.com/Vasu1105)) <!-- 5.21.15 -->
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index dfdb01ec4..5e8883979 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5.21.17
\ No newline at end of file
+5.21.18
\ 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 ff594b82e..074acd6b8 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 = "5.21.17".freeze
+  VERSION = "5.21.18".freeze
 end
diff --git a/lib/inspec/version.rb b/lib/inspec/version.rb
index 8fc90b18f..f5ac581fb 100644
--- a/lib/inspec/version.rb
+++ b/lib/inspec/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Inspec
-  VERSION = "5.21.17".freeze
+  VERSION = "5.21.18".freeze
 end