diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6f2575bbefa8..c1ddbbd95c70 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -27,6 +27,23 @@
 
 ### Breaking
 
+### Added
+
+### Changed
+
+### Removed
+
+### Fixed
+
+
+## Forest 0.18.0 "Big Bang"
+
+This is a non-mandatory release including a fair number of new RPC methods and
+improvements to the Forest RPC API. The release also includes a number of bug
+fixes, as outlined below. Please note the breaking changes in this release.
+
+### Breaking
+
 - [#4177](https://github.com/ChainSafe/forest/pull/4177) Rename environment
   variable `TRUST_PARAMS` to `FOREST_FORCE_TRUST_PARAMS`.
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 60f091ea6f82..0a7b98c363a3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3182,7 +3182,7 @@ checksum = "3f9eec918d3f24069decb9af1554cad7c880e2da24a9afd88aca000531ab82c1"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "forest-filecoin"
-version = "0.17.2"
+version = "0.18.0"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash",
  "anes 0.2.0",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 15131b2b1af0..4532a5bdfc17 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "forest-filecoin"
-version = "0.17.2"
+version = "0.18.0"
 authors = ["ChainSafe Systems <info@chainsafe.io>"]
 repository = "https://github.com/ChainSafe/forest"
 edition = "2021"