diff --git a/.github/release-please/manifest.json b/.github/release-please/manifest.json
index 0ba598bb0516..c5f302ccd24b 100644
--- a/.github/release-please/manifest.json
+++ b/.github/release-please/manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
   "core": "26.1.0",
-  "prover": "17.1.1",
+  "prover": "18.0.0",
   "zkstack_cli": "0.1.2"
 }
diff --git a/prover/CHANGELOG.md b/prover/CHANGELOG.md
index e99c20193eb5..171ecb8d55c7 100644
--- a/prover/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/prover/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,27 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [18.0.0](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/compare/prover-v17.1.1...prover-v18.0.0) (2025-01-22)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* **contracts:** gateway integration ([#1934](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/1934))
+
+### Features
+
+* **consensus:** Added view_timeout to consensus config ([#3383](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3383)) ([fc02a8f](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/fc02a8f1c9f0bffb438fb27769d6dced3ce14cd9))
+* **consensus:** Update consensus dependencies ([#3339](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3339)) ([aa9575f](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/aa9575fccbbc941f416d597256442afa974efd0a))
+* **contracts:** gateway integration ([#1934](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/1934)) ([f06cb79](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/f06cb79883bf320f50089099e0abeb95eaace470))
+* **eth-watch:** Change protocol upgrade schema ([#3435](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3435)) ([2c778fd](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/2c778fdd3fcd1e774bcb945f14a640ccf4227a2f))
+* FFLONK support for compressor ([#3359](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3359)) ([1a297be](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/1a297bedd226c56fc2ba02dc54d79129a271a1eb))
+* Support stable compiler for VM (and some other crates) ([#3248](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3248)) ([cbee99d](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/cbee99d8661b38aa6b49784c3934b8070a743fb4))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* added missing quote in prover query ([#3347](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3347)) ([668ca51](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/668ca51f5d52646e64b19b973acec05daa1c6f09))
+* **prover:** Create reqwest client only once ([#3324](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3324)) ([40f8123](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/40f8123a67970efbba3519f7954f807958a76cff))
+
 ## [17.1.1](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/compare/prover-v17.1.0...prover-v17.1.1) (2024-11-26)