diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c0b0c99e5..5c7ccfdb0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-base</artifactId>
-    <version>2.18.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.18.2</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
   <artifactId>jackson-dataformats-binary</artifactId>
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
index 6d580da9c..28e71468e 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ Active maintainers:
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+2.18.2 (27-Nov-2024)
+
+No changes since 2.18.1
+
 2.18.1 (28-Oct-2024)
 
 #518: Should not read past end for CBOR string values