diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8cbde06325..3a32e28400 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,22 @@ Noteworthy changes to the agent are documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## Version 8.18.0
+## New features and improvements
+
+- Add scala3 source detection by @kanderson250
+- Vertx: decrease amount of tokens created by @meiao
+- Instrumentation module for Struts2 v6.7.0 by @jtduffy
+- Kafka 3.9 support by @meiao
+- Sqs distributed trace by @obenkenobi
+- Kafka clients node metrics by @meiao
+## Fixes
+
+- Fix edge case in JsonTemplateLayout with certain escaped sequences by @jtduffy
+- Correct Apdex on transaction event if an error is present by @jtduffy
+- Don't add null port to hostname attribute on JFR events by @jasonjkeller
+- Fix memory issue with httpclient-5.0 instrumentation by @jasonjkeller
+
 ## Version 8.17.0
 ## New features and improvements
 
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 47b485c57f..242c0a31ad 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # The agent version.
-agentVersion=8.18.0
+agentVersion=8.19.0
 securityAgentVersion=1.6.0
 
 newrelicDebug=false