diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index df775713..1852a84c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,12 +2,22 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [1.18.0] - 2024-01-11
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+- Disable tests which need to connect to csm apis becuase they are not accessible from github test environment
+
 ## [1.17.0] - 2024-01-11
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
 - Fix bug passing params to "remove hw" subcommand
 
+### Miscellaneous Tasks
+
+- Release manta version 1.17.0
+
 ### Refactor
 
 - Normalize add, remove and apply hw component subcommands
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c7805f57..a5b49d3a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 authors = ["Manuel Sopena Ballesteros <msopena@cscs.ch>"]
 name = "manta"
 description = "Another CLI for basic/simple Shasta operations"
-version = "1.17.0"
+version = "1.18.0"
 license-file = "LICENSE"
 documentation = "https://github.com/eth-cscs/manta/blob/main/README.md"
 homepage = "https://github.com/eth-cscs/manta/blob/main/README.md"