diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 01bef47d6b..5760ed5d5b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+### v1.18.1
+## What's Changed
+* Fix policy schema condition key patterns by @kddejong in https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cfn-lint/pull/3779
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cfn-lint/compare/v1.18.0...v1.18.1
+
 ### v1.18.0
 ## What's Changed
 * Add `additionalProperties` false to IAM conditions by @kddejong in https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cfn-lint/pull/3767
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ac8b195993..89b6ca7af1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ If you'd like cfn-lint to be run automatically when making changes to files in y
 ```yaml
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cfn-lint
-    rev: v1.18.0 # The version of cfn-lint to use
+    rev: v1.18.1 # The version of cfn-lint to use
     hooks:
       - id: cfn-lint
         files: path/to/cfn/dir/.*\.(json|yml|yaml)$
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ If you are using a `.cfnlintrc` and specifying the `templates` or `ignore_templa
 ```yaml
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cfn-lint
-    rev: v1.18.0 # The version of cfn-lint to use
+    rev: v1.18.1 # The version of cfn-lint to use
     hooks:
       - id: cfn-lint-rc
 ```
diff --git a/src/cfnlint/version.py b/src/cfnlint/version.py
index 1470c7fa45..82c36537b5 100644
--- a/src/cfnlint/version.py
+++ b/src/cfnlint/version.py
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0
 """
 
-__version__ = "1.18.0"
+__version__ = "1.18.1"