diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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 # Habitat CHANGELOG
 
-<!-- latest_release 2.0.17 -->
-## [2.0.17](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/tree/2.0.17) (2025-01-09)
+<!-- latest_release 2.0.18 -->
+## [2.0.18](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/tree/2.0.18) (2025-01-09)
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
-- set refresh-channel to LTS-2024 in verify [#9556](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/9556) ([mwrock](https://github.com/mwrock))
+- Rustfmt and Nightly Rust Bump to nightly-2025-01-09 [#9555](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/9555) ([chef-expeditor[bot]](https://github.com/chef-expeditor[bot]))
 <!-- latest_release -->
 
 <!-- release_rollup since=1.6.1215-->
 ### Changes since 1.6.1215 release
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
+- Rustfmt and Nightly Rust Bump to nightly-2025-01-09 [#9555](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/9555) ([chef-expeditor[bot]](https://github.com/chef-expeditor[bot])) <!-- 2.0.18 -->
 - set refresh-channel to LTS-2024 in verify [#9556](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/9556) ([mwrock](https://github.com/mwrock)) <!-- 2.0.17 -->
 - Bump petgraph from 0.7.0 to 0.7.1 [#9553](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/9553) ([dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/dependabot[bot])) <!-- 2.0.16 -->
 - Bump winreg from 0.52.0 to 0.53.0 [#9554](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/9554) ([dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/dependabot[bot])) <!-- 2.0.15 -->
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
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-2.0.17
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+2.0.18
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