diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7526781ae..50b001cee 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 # Change Log
 <!-- usage documentation: http://expeditor-docs.es.chef.io/configuration/changelog/ -->
-<!-- latest_release unreleased -->
-## Unreleased
+<!-- latest_release 4.18.18 -->
+## [v4.18.18](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/tree/v4.18.18) (2019-10-31)
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
+- Fixed problem with accessing backend in TestDslLazyLoader#method_missing. [#4648](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4648) ([zenspider](https://github.com/zenspider))
 - Fix building the website [#4652](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4652) ([btm](https://github.com/btm))
 <!-- latest_release -->
 
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@
 ### Changes since 4.18.0 release
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
+- Fixed problem with accessing backend in TestDslLazyLoader#method_missing. [#4648](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4648) ([zenspider](https://github.com/zenspider)) <!-- 4.18.18 -->
 - Fix building the website [#4652](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4652) ([btm](https://github.com/btm)) <!-- 4.18.17 -->
 - bumped the windows tests again [#4649](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4649) ([zenspider](https://github.com/zenspider)) <!-- 4.18.17 -->
 - Fixed the rest of the minitest deprecations by removing FuncTestRunResult. [#4628](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4628) ([zenspider](https://github.com/zenspider)) <!-- 4.18.16 -->
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index c851ada9b..3a50118df 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.18.17
\ No newline at end of file
+4.18.18
\ 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 1f9796ac1..b2261a868 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("../..", __FILE__)
-  VERSION = "4.18.17".freeze
+  VERSION = "4.18.18".freeze
 end
diff --git a/lib/inspec/version.rb b/lib/inspec/version.rb
index 413d94327..96d392a65 100644
--- a/lib/inspec/version.rb
+++ b/lib/inspec/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Inspec
-  VERSION = "4.18.17".freeze
+  VERSION = "4.18.18".freeze
 end