diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 48d79be1..18312673 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@ All notable changes to taskito are documented here. The format is based on
 [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html). All SDKs (Python, Node, Java) and the
 underlying Rust crates are released together, in lock-step.
 
-## Unreleased
+## 0.18.0
+
+Reliability and storage release: Postgres dequeues with `SKIP LOCKED`, crashed workers'
+in-flight jobs are recovered within ~30s instead of waiting their full timeout, and the
+dead-letter and filter paths are indexed. The internal `job_payloads` side table was removed
+(payloads inline again). No public API or wire-format change.
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b52ff5c5..fb20b287 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1481,7 +1481,7 @@ checksum = "adb6935a6f5c20170eeceb1a3835a49e12e19d792f6dd344ccc76a985ca5a6ca"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "taskito-core"
-version = "0.17.0"
+version = "0.18.0"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "chrono",
@@ -1505,7 +1505,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "taskito-java"
-version = "0.17.0"
+version = "0.18.0"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "crossbeam-channel",
@@ -1523,7 +1523,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "taskito-mesh"
-version = "0.17.0"
+version = "0.18.0"
 dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "bincode",
@@ -1538,7 +1538,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "taskito-node"
-version = "0.17.0"
+version = "0.18.0"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "crossbeam-channel",
@@ -1557,7 +1557,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "taskito-python"
-version = "0.17.0"
+version = "0.18.0"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "base64",
@@ -1577,7 +1577,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "taskito-workflows"
-version = "0.17.0"
+version = "0.18.0"
 dependencies = [
  "dagron-core",
  "diesel",
diff --git a/crates/taskito-core/Cargo.toml b/crates/taskito-core/Cargo.toml
index c6e1464c..c281728a 100644
--- a/crates/taskito-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/taskito-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "taskito-core"
-version = "0.17.0"
+version = "0.18.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [features]
diff --git a/crates/taskito-java/Cargo.toml b/crates/taskito-java/Cargo.toml
index 93d47a07..29465f38 100644
--- a/crates/taskito-java/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/taskito-java/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "taskito-java"
-version = "0.17.0"
+version = "0.18.0"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Java (JNI) bindings for the Taskito task-queue core"
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/crates/taskito-mesh/Cargo.toml b/crates/taskito-mesh/Cargo.toml
index 0cd76aff..840a6da8 100644
--- a/crates/taskito-mesh/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/taskito-mesh/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "taskito-mesh"
-version = "0.17.0"
+version = "0.18.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/taskito-node/Cargo.toml b/crates/taskito-node/Cargo.toml
index c3f85267..fc2b155f 100644
--- a/crates/taskito-node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/taskito-node/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "taskito-node"
-version = "0.17.0"
+version = "0.18.0"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Node.js (napi-rs) bindings for the Taskito task-queue core"
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/crates/taskito-python/Cargo.toml b/crates/taskito-python/Cargo.toml
index 055a74f9..f2f127e5 100644
--- a/crates/taskito-python/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/taskito-python/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "taskito-python"
-version = "0.17.0"
+version = "0.18.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [features]
diff --git a/crates/taskito-workflows/Cargo.toml b/crates/taskito-workflows/Cargo.toml
index 3ab8041c..745def2d 100644
--- a/crates/taskito-workflows/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/taskito-workflows/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "taskito-workflows"
-version = "0.17.0"
+version = "0.18.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [features]
diff --git a/docs/content/docs/resources/changelog.mdx b/docs/content/docs/resources/changelog.mdx
index 988fcb25..76d244a9 100644
--- a/docs/content/docs/resources/changelog.mdx
+++ b/docs/content/docs/resources/changelog.mdx
@@ -10,7 +10,12 @@ All notable changes to taskito are documented here. The format is based on
 [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html). All SDKs (Python, Node, Java) and the
 underlying Rust crates are released together, in lock-step.
 
-## Unreleased
+## 0.18.0
+
+Reliability and storage release: Postgres dequeues with `SKIP LOCKED`, crashed workers'
+in-flight jobs are recovered within ~30s instead of waiting their full timeout, and the
+dead-letter and filter paths are indexed. The internal `job_payloads` side table was removed
+(payloads inline again). No public API or wire-format change.
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/sdks/java/build.gradle.kts b/sdks/java/build.gradle.kts
index ee6035ea..bb0a72ea 100644
--- a/sdks/java/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sdks/java/build.gradle.kts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 group = "org.byteveda"
-version = "0.17.0"
+version = "0.18.0"
 
 java {
     // Sources + javadoc jars are added by the maven-publish plugin below.
diff --git a/sdks/java/graalvm-smoke/build.gradle.kts b/sdks/java/graalvm-smoke/build.gradle.kts
index d4919009..e886383f 100644
--- a/sdks/java/graalvm-smoke/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sdks/java/graalvm-smoke/build.gradle.kts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 group = "org.byteveda"
-version = "0.17.0"
+version = "0.18.0"
 
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
diff --git a/sdks/java/processor/build.gradle.kts b/sdks/java/processor/build.gradle.kts
index d8b8806f..c3f7e5ac 100644
--- a/sdks/java/processor/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sdks/java/processor/build.gradle.kts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 group = "org.byteveda"
-version = "0.17.0"
+version = "0.18.0"
 
 java {
     sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
diff --git a/sdks/java/test-support/build.gradle.kts b/sdks/java/test-support/build.gradle.kts
index 87977d0e..b17505d4 100644
--- a/sdks/java/test-support/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sdks/java/test-support/build.gradle.kts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 group = "org.byteveda"
-version = "0.17.0"
+version = "0.18.0"
 
 java {
     sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
diff --git a/sdks/node/package.json b/sdks/node/package.json
index adf66b52..61908f07 100644
--- a/sdks/node/package.json
+++ b/sdks/node/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@byteveda/taskito",
-  "version": "0.17.0",
+  "version": "0.18.0",
   "description": "Rust-powered task queue for Node.js — no broker required.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "type": "module",
diff --git a/sdks/python/pyproject.toml b/sdks/python/pyproject.toml
index 6350ccfa..74cf27ed 100644
--- a/sdks/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/sdks/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "maturin"
 
 [project]
 name = "taskito"
-version = "0.17.0"
+version = "0.18.0"
 description = "Rust-powered task queue for Python. No broker required."
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 license = { file = "LICENSE" }
diff --git a/sdks/python/taskito/__init__.py b/sdks/python/taskito/__init__.py
index 7d5c2c83..d4de1916 100644
--- a/sdks/python/taskito/__init__.py
+++ b/sdks/python/taskito/__init__.py
@@ -122,4 +122,4 @@
 
     __version__ = _get_version("taskito")
 except PackageNotFoundError:
-    __version__ = "0.17.0"
+    __version__ = "0.18.0"