diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 2396e1a..83f1465 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.5.17"
+  ".": "0.5.18"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1ccdfd8..1b8584b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.5.18](https://github.com/open-feature/flagd-testbed/compare/v0.5.17...v0.5.18) (2024-12-16)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add yaml file with current version, to easier fetch images corr… ([#169](https://github.com/open-feature/flagd-testbed/issues/169)) ([ac1263a](https://github.com/open-feature/flagd-testbed/commit/ac1263af53f3d9380bfe4732034f4282f9a93228))
+
 ## [0.5.17](https://github.com/open-feature/flagd-testbed/compare/v0.5.16...v0.5.17) (2024-12-06)
 
 
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index d8aef81..b7a8bdf 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.5.17
+0.5.18