diff --git a/deployment/node-problem-detector-healthchecker.yaml b/deployment/node-problem-detector-healthchecker.yaml
index 4513df882..17f4f6acf 100644
--- a/deployment/node-problem-detector-healthchecker.yaml
+++ b/deployment/node-problem-detector-healthchecker.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ spec:
         - --logtostderr
         - --config.system-log-monitor=/config/kernel-monitor.json,/config/docker-monitor.json
         - --config.custom-plugin-monitor=/config/health-checker-kubelet.json
-        image: registry.k8s.io/node-problem-detector/node-problem-detector:v0.8.17
+        image: registry.k8s.io/node-problem-detector/node-problem-detector:v0.8.18
         resources:
           limits:
             cpu: 10m
diff --git a/deployment/node-problem-detector.yaml b/deployment/node-problem-detector.yaml
index d3e5fe29e..d042cb769 100644
--- a/deployment/node-problem-detector.yaml
+++ b/deployment/node-problem-detector.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ spec:
         - /node-problem-detector
         - --logtostderr
         - --config.system-log-monitor=/config/kernel-monitor.json,/config/docker-monitor.json
-        image: registry.k8s.io/node-problem-detector/node-problem-detector:v0.8.17
+        image: registry.k8s.io/node-problem-detector/node-problem-detector:v0.8.18
         resources:
           limits:
             cpu: 10m
diff --git a/test/go.mod b/test/go.mod
index 33e937a14..bc6c424e3 100644
--- a/test/go.mod
+++ b/test/go.mod
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.29.3
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.29.2
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.120.1
-	k8s.io/node-problem-detector v0.8.17
+	k8s.io/node-problem-detector v0.8.18
 	sigs.k8s.io/boskos v0.0.0-20200515170311-7d36bde8cdf6
 )
 
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 5911bb751..b1092a3f6 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v0.8.16
+v0.8.18