diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ecd630f772..b6dd661dd2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@
 
 # UNRELEASED
 
-### chore: bump candid to 0.10.4
+# 0.18.0
 
-Fix the Typescript binding for init args.
+### fix!: removed the `dfx upgrade` command
+
+The `dfx upgrade` command now prints a message directing the user to install dfxvm.
 
-## fix!: Remove fallback .env formats
+### fix!: Remove fallback .env formats
 
 In dfx 0.14.0, we standardized on `CANISTER_ID_<CANISTER_NAME_UPPERCASE>` and
 `CANISTER_CANDID_PATH_<CANISTER_NAME_UPPERCASE>` for
@@ -22,11 +24,15 @@ For reference, these formats were removed (any '-' characters were replaced by '
 - `CANISTER_CANDID_PATH_<canister_name_case_from_dfx_json>`
 - `<CANISTER_NAME_UPPERCASE>_CANISTER_ID`
 
-### feat: add `dfx canister logs <canister_id>` for fetching canister's logs
+### feat: add `dfx canister logs <canister_id>` for fetching canister's logs (preview)
 
-There is a new subcomand `logs` to fetch canister's logs. 
+There is a new subcommand `logs` to fetch canister's logs. 
 When printing the log entries it tries to guess if the content can be converted to UTF-8 text and prints an array of hex bytes if it fails.
 
+**Note**
+
+This feature is still in development. Changes may occur in following releases.
+
 ### feat: display local asset canister URLs in subdomain format
 
 Locally, canisters can either be accessed via `<canister_id>.localhost:<port>` or `localhost:<port>?canisterId=<canister_id>`.
@@ -77,10 +83,6 @@ For detailed explanations on how these fields work please refer to the [ICRC-2 s
 The script at https://internetcomputer.org/install.sh now installs
 the [dfxvm version manager](https://github.com/dfinity/dfxvm) instead of the dfx binary.
 
-### fix!: removed the `dfx upgrade` command
-
-The `dfx upgrade` command now prints a message directing the user to install dfxvm.
-
 ### fix(deps): init/deploy still requires hash check
 
 `dfx deps pull` was recently changed to allow hash mismatch wasm. But `init` and `deploy` weren't change accordingly.
@@ -99,6 +101,10 @@ Fixed a bug where `dfx canister install` would fail when specify a canister id a
 
 Fixed a bug where `dfx canister call` would fail when the deployed canister was removed from dfx.json.
 
+### chore: bump candid to 0.10.4
+
+Fix the Typescript binding for init args.
+
 ## Dependencies
 
 ### Replica
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8e202d2b14..280ce907ac 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1428,7 +1428,7 @@ checksum = "3ae2a35373c5c74340b79ae6780b498b2b183915ec5dacf263aac5a099bf485a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dfx"
-version = "0.16.1"
+version = "0.18.0-beta.1"
 dependencies = [
  "actix",
  "aes-gcm",
diff --git a/public/manifest.json b/public/manifest.json
index 19503257ea..0f85b2adce 100644
--- a/public/manifest.json
+++ b/public/manifest.json
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
         "0.15.3",
         "0.16.0",
         "0.16.1",
-        "0.17.0"
+        "0.17.0",
+        "0.18.0-beta.1"
     ]
 }
diff --git a/src/dfx/Cargo.toml b/src/dfx/Cargo.toml
index 2e6cf98ad8..56bb72983a 100644
--- a/src/dfx/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/dfx/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "dfx"
-version = "0.16.1"
+version = "0.18.0-beta.1"
 authors.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true