diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3d2b024b..6b177802 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,25 +3,39 @@ Changelog for NeoFS Contract
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+
+### Updated
+
+### Removed
+
+### Fixed
+
+### Updating from v0.18.0
+
+## [0.18.0] - 2023-09-26
+
 ### Added
 - EACL validation in container.setEACL (#330)
 - Contract storage model documentation (#320)
-- bump minimum required go version up to 1.18 (#346)
-- ability to register predefined TLDs at NNS deployment (#344)
+- Bump minimum required go version up to 1.18 (#346)
+- Ability to register predefined TLDs at NNS deployment (#344)
 - RPC bindings generation (#345)
+- Method to get container name by its ID (#360)
+- Convenience methods for NNS contract (#361)
 
 ### Updated
 - NNS TLD registration is possible for committee only now (#344, #357)
 - NNS TLDs are no longer proper NFTs (#344)
 
 ### Removed
-- old unused (notary-disabled) events (#341)
+- Old unused (notary-disabled) events (#341)
+- Unused Burn/Mint balance contract events (#358)
 
 ### Fixed
-- migration of non-notary network to notarized one with stale votes (#333)
+- Migration of non-notary network to notarized one with stale votes (#333)
 - nns.getAllRecords missing 'safe' mark (#355)
-
-### Updating from v0.17.0
+- Stale EACL record left after container deletion (#359)
 
 ## [0.17.0] - 2023-04-06
 
@@ -448,7 +462,8 @@ Preview4-testnet version of NeoFS contracts.
 
 Preview4 compatible contracts.
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-contract/compare/v0.17.0...master
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-contract/compare/v0.18.0...master
+[0.18.0]: https://github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-contract/compare/v0.17.0...v0.18.0
 [0.17.0]: https://github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-contract/compare/v0.16.0...v0.17.0
 [0.16.0]: https://github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-contract/compare/v0.15.5...v0.16.0
 [0.15.5]: https://github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-contract/compare/v0.15.4...v0.15.5
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 7a81a8f5..a86d3df7 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v0.17.5
+v0.18.0
diff --git a/common/version.go b/common/version.go
index 04cfbe50..8968055d 100644
--- a/common/version.go
+++ b/common/version.go
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import "github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/interop/native/std"
 
 const (
 	major = 0
-	minor = 17
-	patch = 5
+	minor = 18
+	patch = 0
 
 	// Versions from which an update should be performed.
 	// These should be used in a group (so prevMinor can be equal to minor if there are