diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index a627e662..e7a7a136 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "2.18.0"
+    ".": "2.18.1"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 58172c56..d3cf160b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.18.1](https://github.com/linz/argo-tasks/compare/v2.18.0...v2.18.1) (2023-12-04)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* specify bot email address in Pull Requests TDE-983 ([#786](https://github.com/linz/argo-tasks/issues/786)) ([ec8848d](https://github.com/linz/argo-tasks/commit/ec8848d9635cbfda138fd660b0e8fe3d176005af))
+
 ## [2.18.0](https://github.com/linz/argo-tasks/compare/v2.17.0...v2.18.0) (2023-12-01)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index a095c50d..c434c175 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@linzjs/argo-tasks",
-  "version": "2.18.0",
+  "version": "2.18.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@linzjs/argo-tasks",
-      "version": "2.18.0",
+      "version": "2.18.1",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@aws-sdk/client-s3": "^3.440.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7b2709e0..175fa476 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@linzjs/argo-tasks",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "2.18.0",
+  "version": "2.18.1",
   "main": "build/src/index.js",
   "types": "build/src/index.d.ts",
   "repository": "git@github.com:linz/argo-tasks.git",