diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6bd3785e..8267fd2d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
 
+## v3.18.0 (2026-06-24)
+
+### Features
+
+- Add GUI display availability check for SSH sessions
+  ([`ee360ad`](https://github.com/bec-project/bec_widgets/commit/ee360adf3ae4fc4af75b09358f13f443af471432))
+
+
 ## v3.17.2 (2026-06-19)
 
 ### Bug Fixes
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8254b017..ba9b6754 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "bec_widgets"
-version = "3.17.2"
+version = "3.18.0"
 description = "BEC Widgets"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
 classifiers = [
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ qtermwidget = ["pyside6_qtermwidget"]
 
 
 
+
 
 
 [build-system]