diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 5ffc50a6a..3df4f96e9 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ gem 'gds-api-adapters', '~> 54.1'
 gem 'govuk_ab_testing', '~> 2.4'
 gem 'govuk_app_config', '~> 1.10'
 gem 'govuk_frontend_toolkit', '~> 8.1.0'
-gem 'govuk_publishing_components', '~> 12.17.0'
+gem 'govuk_publishing_components', '~> 12.18.0'
 gem 'plek', '~> 2.1'
 gem 'slimmer', '~> 13.0'
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index e70ecea36..97f637569 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ GEM
     govuk_frontend_toolkit (8.1.0)
       railties (>= 3.1.0)
       sass (>= 3.2.0)
-    govuk_publishing_components (12.17.0)
+    govuk_publishing_components (12.18.0)
       govspeak (>= 5.0.3)
       govuk_app_config
       govuk_frontend_toolkit
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   govuk_ab_testing (~> 2.4)
   govuk_app_config (~> 1.10)
   govuk_frontend_toolkit (~> 8.1.0)
-  govuk_publishing_components (~> 12.17.0)
+  govuk_publishing_components (~> 12.18.0)
   govuk_schemas (~> 3.2)
   htmlentities (~> 4.3)
   jasmine-rails