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From: "release-please[bot]"
 <55107282+release-please[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2024 16:50:54 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(main): release 1.18.1

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 8 ++++++++
 setup.py     | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 37402bc997..3976dc9d06 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 # Changelog
 
 
+## [1.18.1](https://github.com/googleapis/gapic-generator-python/compare/v1.18.0...v1.18.1) (2024-06-20)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Allow protobuf 5.x ([#2042](https://github.com/googleapis/gapic-generator-python/issues/2042)) ([1998b81](https://github.com/googleapis/gapic-generator-python/commit/1998b813d2525cef8e46d606de494f0847e156bf))
+* Fix credentials typing issue in transport layer ([#2043](https://github.com/googleapis/gapic-generator-python/issues/2043)) ([205fe5e](https://github.com/googleapis/gapic-generator-python/commit/205fe5e9445eb2f6811f022c68003d23c95f186b))
+
 ## [1.18.0](https://github.com/googleapis/gapic-generator-python/compare/v1.17.1...v1.18.0) (2024-05-08)
 
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 887b6b94fe..79812de07a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 name = "gapic-generator"
 description = "Google API Client Generator for Python"
 url = "https://github.com/googleapis/gapic-generator-python"
-version = "1.18.0"
+version = "1.18.1"
 release_status = "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable"
 dependencies = [
     # Ensure that the lower bounds of these dependencies match what we have in the