diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 43bd433c1..ae4299f87 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## [0.18.1-rc0]
+### Added
+- `lading-payload` crate is now split out from the `lading` crate
+### Changed
+- The block mechanism is reworked to provide a 'fixed' and 'streaming' model,
+  running in a separate OS thread from the tokio runtime.
+
 ## [0.18.0]
 ### Changed
 - The predictive throttle no longer exists. The only options are stable and
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 454981a0c..452dec35a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1010,7 +1010,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lading"
-version = "0.18.0"
+version = "0.18.1-rc0"
 dependencies = [
  "async-pidfd",
  "byte-unit",
diff --git a/lading/Cargo.toml b/lading/Cargo.toml
index fc3e04904..e17ae6140 100644
--- a/lading/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lading/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "lading"
-version = "0.18.0"
+version = "0.18.1-rc0"
 authors = ["Brian L. Troutwine <brian.troutwine@datadoghq.com>", "George Hahn <george.hahn@datadoghq.com"]
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT"