diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ec8d2d9c9..6199ffe96 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,21 @@
 
 ## 0.18.0
 
+**Release date:** 2022-03-23
+
+This prerelease ensures the API objects fully adhere to newly introduced
+interfaces, allowing them to work in combination with e.g. the
+[`conditions`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/fluxcd/pkg/runtime@v0.13.2/conditions)
+package.
+
+Improvements:
+- Implement `meta.ObjectWithConditions` interfaces
+  [#444](https://github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/pull/444)
+- Update source-controller API to v0.22.1
+  [#445](https://github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/pull/445)
+
+## 0.18.0
+
 **Release date:** 2022-03-21
 
 This prerelease adds support to the Helm post renderer for Kustomize patches
diff --git a/config/manager/kustomization.yaml b/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
index 08ee15759..59872d9a5 100644
--- a/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ resources:
 images:
   - name: fluxcd/helm-controller
     newName: fluxcd/helm-controller
-    newTag: v0.18.0
+    newTag: v0.18.1
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c5ea59a43..c6ee1abd6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.17
 replace github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/api => ./api
 
 require (
-	github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/api v0.18.0
+	github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/api v0.18.1
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/acl v0.0.3
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/kustomize v0.3.2
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta v0.12.1