diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 6a197be..4ce109a 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.17.0"
+  ".": "1.18.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 03d53e9..40a8917 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.18.0](https://github.com/context-dot-dev/context-dev-cli/compare/v1.17.0...v1.18.0) (2026-10-21)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **company-search:** prepare public response contract ([#2021](https://github.com/context-dot-dev/context-dev-cli/issues/2021)) ([2aebf21](https://github.com/context-dot-dev/context-dev-cli/commit/2aebf210f72f171fa351b37c2d904a42993d3a9a))
+
 ## [1.17.0](https://github.com/context-dot-dev/context-dev-cli/compare/v1.16.0...v1.17.0) (2026-10-19)
 
 
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/version.go b/pkg/cmd/version.go
index ea8b7f7..d081a7a 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/version.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/version.go
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 package cmd
 
-const Version = "1.17.0" // x-release-please-version
+const Version = "1.18.0" // x-release-please-version