diff --git a/.cz.yaml b/.cz.yaml
index f76df43..e18f57f 100644
--- a/.cz.yaml
+++ b/.cz.yaml
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ commitizen:
   name: cz_conventional_commits
   tag_format: $major.$minor.$patch$prerelease
   update_changelog_on_bump: true
-  version: 0.17.1
+  version: 0.18.0rc0
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1b51aa0..9540372 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## 0.18.0rc0 (2024-05-02)
+
+### Features
+
+- **collection**: [f64a45d9](https://gitlab.com/nofusscomputing/projects/ansible/execution_environment/-/commit/f64a45d921deeb4ffd7858e8cdd91f6f6756165b) - bump nofusscomputing.kubernetes 1.7.2 -> 1.8.1-a2 [ [!254](https://gitlab.com/nofusscomputing/projects/ansible/execution_environment/-/merge_requests/254) ]
+
 ## 0.17.1 (2024-05-02)
 
 ### Bug Fixes