diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index e4df6aa..233e87d 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.0.17"
+  ".": "0.0.18"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0fadd94..6e173f3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.0.18](https://github.com/noir-lang/vscode-noir/compare/v0.0.17...v0.0.18) (2025-07-28)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* allow opening noir stdlib files ([#108](https://github.com/noir-lang/vscode-noir/issues/108)) ([e0a6481](https://github.com/noir-lang/vscode-noir/commit/e0a6481cfeee54eb87fed6dcc39c416d83f77c55))
+
 ## [0.0.17](https://github.com/noir-lang/vscode-noir/compare/v0.0.16...v0.0.17) (2025-07-14)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index a836984..8fe2427 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "vscode-noir",
-  "version": "0.0.17",
+  "version": "0.0.18",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "vscode-noir",
-      "version": "0.0.17",
+      "version": "0.0.18",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "vscode-languageclient": "^8.0.3",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 62a399d..84154de 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "vscode-noir",
   "displayName": "Noir Language Support",
   "description": "Noir support for Visual Studio Code",
-  "version": "0.0.17",
+  "version": "0.0.18",
   "publisher": "noir-lang",
   "keywords": [
     "noir",