diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3f9aab2f..64125382 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-base</artifactId>
-    <version>2.18.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.18.1</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
   <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-xml</artifactId>
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
index 5fbdb486..8398db4e 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ Project: jackson-dataformat-xml
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+2.18.1 (28-Oct-2024)
+
+No changes since 2.18.0
+
 2.18.0 (26-Sep-2024)
 
 - Remove unnecessary synchronization around `LRUMap` in `XmlRootNameLookup`