diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ed559b7c..cb74fdab 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,33 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [0.8.18] - 2024-10-03
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+- Properly escape module json
+- Add post build script to prepare image for ISO creation
+- Make sigstore driver more resilient to network errors
+- May not be possible to just install bootc, run bootupctl if bootc already exists
+- Run image as fallback for version retrieval
+
+### Features
+
+- Add platform arg to force building a specific architecture
+
+### Miscellaneous Tasks
+
+- Add expand.rs to .gitignore for debugging macros
+- Make build.rs run again on git change
+- Add one more criteria for rerun build.rs to check .git/refs/heads
+- Check for bootupctl in post-build script
+- Remove bootupctl until issue is resolved
+- Run clippy and test for every feature individually
+
+### Refactor
+
+- Swtich to using bon for builder pattern
+
 ## [0.8.17] - 2024-09-11
 
 ### Bug Fixes
@@ -11,6 +38,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 ### Miscellaneous Tasks
 
 - Upgrade sigstore to use contributed changes
+- Release
 
 ## [0.8.16] - 2024-09-08
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 61da1bb5..426e85d3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "blue-build"
-version = "0.8.17"
+version = "0.8.18"
 dependencies = [
  "blue-build-process-management",
  "blue-build-recipe",
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "blue-build-process-management"
-version = "0.8.17"
+version = "0.8.18"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "blue-build-utils",
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "blue-build-recipe"
-version = "0.8.17"
+version = "0.8.18"
 dependencies = [
  "blue-build-utils",
  "bon",
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "blue-build-template"
-version = "0.8.17"
+version = "0.8.18"
 dependencies = [
  "blue-build-recipe",
  "blue-build-utils",
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "blue-build-utils"
-version = "0.8.17"
+version = "0.8.18"
 dependencies = [
  "atty",
  "base64 0.22.1",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0682bb92..7e9bd0cf 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 repository = "https://github.com/blue-build/cli"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 categories = ["command-line-utilities"]
-version = "0.8.17"
+version = "0.8.18"
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
 bon = "2"
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ pre-release-replacements = [
 ]
 
 [dependencies]
-blue-build-recipe = { version = "=0.8.17", path = "./recipe" }
-blue-build-template = { version = "=0.8.17", path = "./template" }
-blue-build-utils = { version = "=0.8.17", path = "./utils" }
-blue-build-process-management = { version = "=0.8.17", path = "./process" }
+blue-build-recipe = { version = "=0.8.18", path = "./recipe" }
+blue-build-template = { version = "=0.8.18", path = "./template" }
+blue-build-utils = { version = "=0.8.18", path = "./utils" }
+blue-build-process-management = { version = "=0.8.18", path = "./process" }
 clap-verbosity-flag = "2"
 clap_complete = "4"
 fuzzy-matcher = "0.3"
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 5e8e9aa9..49ae7706 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
-VERSION=v0.8.17
+VERSION=v0.8.18
 
 # Container runtime
 function cr() {
diff --git a/process/Cargo.toml b/process/Cargo.toml
index 3fcd3b2f..881786d9 100644
--- a/process/Cargo.toml
+++ b/process/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ path = "process.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1"
-blue-build-utils = { version = "=0.8.17", path = "../utils" }
+blue-build-utils = { version = "=0.8.18", path = "../utils" }
 expect-exit = "0.5"
 indicatif-log-bridge = "0.2"
 lenient_semver = "0.4"
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ cached = "0.53.1"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 rstest.workspace = true
-blue-build-utils = { version = "=0.8.17", path = "../utils", features = ["test"]  }
+blue-build-utils = { version = "=0.8.18", path = "../utils", features = ["test"]  }
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true
diff --git a/recipe/Cargo.toml b/recipe/Cargo.toml
index 059042c0..27653946 100644
--- a/recipe/Cargo.toml
+++ b/recipe/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ license.workspace = true
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-blue-build-utils = { version = "=0.8.17", path = "../utils" }
+blue-build-utils = { version = "=0.8.18", path = "../utils" }
 
 colored.workspace = true
 log.workspace = true
diff --git a/template/Cargo.toml b/template/Cargo.toml
index a7af1a4a..07590037 100644
--- a/template/Cargo.toml
+++ b/template/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ license.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
 rinja = { version = "0.3.0", features = ["serde_json"] }
-blue-build-recipe = { version = "=0.8.17", path = "../recipe" }
-blue-build-utils = { version = "=0.8.17", path = "../utils" }
+blue-build-recipe = { version = "=0.8.18", path = "../recipe" }
+blue-build-utils = { version = "=0.8.18", path = "../utils" }
 
 log.workspace = true
 colored.workspace = true