diff --git a/.librarian/state.yaml b/.librarian/state.yaml
index 353a7ac4..be2d3a09 100644
--- a/.librarian/state.yaml
+++ b/.librarian/state.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 image: us-central1-docker.pkg.dev/cloud-sdk-librarian-prod/images-prod/librarian-go@sha256:f2cbb6b904fdbf086efec0100536c52a79a654a5b9df21f975a2b6f6d50395a4
 libraries:
   - id: v2
-    version: 2.17.0
+    version: 2.18.0
     last_generated_commit: ""
     apis: []
     source_roots:
diff --git a/v2/CHANGES.md b/v2/CHANGES.md
index ac3f57af..6df48b75 100644
--- a/v2/CHANGES.md
+++ b/v2/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changes
 
+## [2.18.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/releases/tag/v2.18.0) (2026-03-09)
+
+### Features
+
+* add callctx telemetry helpers (#472) ([fa319ff](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/fa319ffc309366ab21e41f5d7480f450eedd2be9))
+* move gax-go to use 1.25 as the lower bound of support (#469) ([01594ca](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/01594ca54717eebe7229a5168ef41be61191a720))
+
 ## [2.17.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/releases/tag/v2.17.0) (2026-02-03)
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/v2/internal/version.go b/v2/internal/version.go
index c3c26b98..53f6f446 100644
--- a/v2/internal/version.go
+++ b/v2/internal/version.go
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@
 package internal
 
 // Version is the current tagged release of the library.
-const Version = "2.17.0"
+const Version = "2.18.0"