diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 7b51ca0..5e39b94 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.17.0"
+  ".": "0.18.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d07f264..53a0bcf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.18.0](https://github.com/kirchDev/workflows/compare/v0.17.0...v0.18.0) (2026-11-02)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **detect-changes:** decide areas by content fingerprint ([#82](https://github.com/kirchDev/workflows/issues/82)) ([6be1d10](https://github.com/kirchDev/workflows/commit/6be1d10140a590eb91b15e00e2098357d43be07c))
+
 ## [0.17.0](https://github.com/kirchDev/workflows/compare/v0.16.0...v0.17.0) (2026-10-20)
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0e3043c..e48b410 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://www.schemastore.org/package.json",
   "name": "workflows",
-  "version": "0.17.0",
+  "version": "0.18.0",
   "private": true,
   "description": "Central reusable GitHub Actions workflows for the kirchDev estate.",
   "keywords": [