diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index c5523bd..6633391 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.17.0
+0.18.0
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/releaseNotes.ts b/frontend/src/lib/releaseNotes.ts
index fe84933..b70ab1b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/releaseNotes.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/releaseNotes.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,21 @@ export interface ReleaseEntry {
 }
 
 export const RELEASE_NOTES: ReleaseEntry[] = [
+  {
+    version: "0.18.0",
+    date: "2026-06-29",
+    summary: "Search all of YouTube from your feed, and new keyboard/scroll controls in the video player.",
+    features: [
+      "Live YouTube search: type a search and press Enter (or the YouTube button) to search all of YouTube right from the feed — results show up as normal cards you can play, save and add to playlists. They're kept out of your regular Library by default; a Source filter lets you show or hide search-found videos. Shorts and currently-live/upcoming results are left out automatically.",
+      "Live search uses no YouTube API quota by default, so it's no longer limited to a handful of searches per day. (Admins can switch back to the official API under Configuration → Quota if the quota-free source ever stops working.)",
+      "Video player shortcuts: press F for fullscreen, Space to play/pause, and scroll the mouse wheel over the video to change the volume (with an on-screen volume bar). YouTube's own controls — the seek bar, captions and settings — still work as before.",
+      "Feed search now ignores accents, so searching “tiesto” also finds “Tiësto”.",
+    ],
+    fixes: [
+      "After a live YouTube search, the Back button now closes the open video player first and keeps you on the search results, instead of jumping straight back to your feed.",
+      "The search box no longer flickers or briefly blanks the feed while you type.",
+    ],
+  },
   {
     version: "0.17.0",
     date: "2026-06-29",