diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 9b8650f22b..d1ff0af823 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "helm/cosmo": "0.17.0",
+  "helm/cosmo": "0.18.0",
   "helm/cosmo/charts/router": "0.16.0"
 }
diff --git a/helm/cosmo/CHANGELOG.md b/helm/cosmo/CHANGELOG.md
index 268783f0ac..4baf44ee6b 100644
--- a/helm/cosmo/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/helm/cosmo/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.18.0](https://github.com/wundergraph/cosmo/compare/helm-cosmo@0.17.0...helm-cosmo@0.18.0) (2026-05-01)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **controlplane:** add support for failover s3 bucket in helm chart ([#2803](https://github.com/wundergraph/cosmo/issues/2803)) ([9780ce7](https://github.com/wundergraph/cosmo/commit/9780ce7b2b883de434bf846018bf28459ac27ea3))
+* **helm:** update minio to latest available version ([#2783](https://github.com/wundergraph/cosmo/issues/2783)) ([f5e7716](https://github.com/wundergraph/cosmo/commit/f5e77160cf2841a7dc27624d23abed77b718a099))
+
 ## [0.17.0](https://github.com/wundergraph/cosmo/compare/helm-cosmo@0.16.0...helm-cosmo@0.17.0) (2026-04-21)
 
 
diff --git a/helm/cosmo/Chart.yaml b/helm/cosmo/Chart.yaml
index ac8d0cdbc1..bd500e8b65 100644
--- a/helm/cosmo/Chart.yaml
+++ b/helm/cosmo/Chart.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ type: application
 # This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
 # to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
 # Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
-version: '0.17.0'
+version: '0.18.0'
 
 home: https://github.com/wundergraph/cosmo
 
diff --git a/helm/cosmo/README.md b/helm/cosmo/README.md
index a74c7a58b5..2ad294351d 100644
--- a/helm/cosmo/README.md
+++ b/helm/cosmo/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 For a detailed deployment guide of the chart, including the full documentation, see the [DEV.md](DEV.md) file.
 
-![Version: 0.17.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-0.17.0-informational?style=flat-square) ![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square)
+![Version: 0.18.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-0.18.0-informational?style=flat-square) ![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square)
 
 This is the official Helm Chart for WunderGraph Cosmo - The Full Lifecycle GraphQL API Management Solution.