diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 45c847f938..7c401e81c2 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-51.17
+51.18
diff --git a/data/com.usebottles.bottles.metainfo.xml.in.in b/data/com.usebottles.bottles.metainfo.xml.in.in
index b2886ffc6d..2fafd55295 100644
--- a/data/com.usebottles.bottles.metainfo.xml.in.in
+++ b/data/com.usebottles.bottles.metainfo.xml.in.in
@@ -67,6 +67,20 @@
     <display_length compare="ge">768</display_length>
   </requires>
   <releases>
+    <release version="51.18" date="2025-01-14">
+      <description translatable="no">
+        <ul>
+          <li>Add Ctrl+N shortcut for creating a new bottle</li>
+          <li>Add Shortcuts window</li>
+          <li>Remove support for the runtime sandbox</li>
+          <li>Add mnemonics in main menu</li>
+          <li>Polish and rework the new bottle dialog</li>
+          <li>Polish and rework the environment variables dialog</li>
+          <li>Fix CSS warnings in the terminal</li>
+          <li>Fix bug where Bottles would not start when running the --executable flag in the terminal</li>
+        </ul>
+      </description>
+    </release>
     <release version="51.17" date="2024-12-14">
       <description translatable="no">
         <p>Fixed a regression that makes the bottle's preferences page blank in some cases</p>
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 6c7abf6e1e..2040cf256d 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project(
 	'bottles',
-	version: '51.17',
+	version: '51.18',
 	meson_version: '>= 1.5.0',
 	default_options: [
 		'warning_level=2',