diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 1cee3b0..1b47470 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-	".": "0.18.0"
+	".": "0.18.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8040305..0b24cb0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # phui
 
+## [0.18.1](https://github.com/phall1/phui/compare/v0.18.0...v0.18.1) (2026-09-20)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **release:** PTY boot smoke and retry platform binary install ([#25](https://github.com/phall1/phui/issues/25)) ([ee60066](https://github.com/phall1/phui/commit/ee60066ce307eef27a22b4e0dd51b629c02ae167))
+
 ## [0.18.0](https://github.com/phall1/phui/compare/v0.17.4...v0.18.0) (2026-09-20)
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4a7ca56..a0fefc0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@phall/phui",
-	"version": "0.18.0",
+	"version": "0.18.1",
 	"description": "Terminal UI for GitHub pull requests — a fork of kitlangton/ghui",
 	"type": "module",
 	"license": "MIT",