diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d655da72..1482bd8b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Change Log
 
+## 2.18.1 - 2024-08-09
+- Remove testing logs (#411)
+  [PR 411](https://github.com/aws/aws-xray-sdk-java/pull/411)
+
 ## 2.18.0 - 2024-08-07
 - Support Lambda PassThrough trace header propagation (#409)
   [PR 409](https://github.com/aws/aws-xray-sdk-java/pull/409)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 383fa64f..797892d9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,67 +20,67 @@ Add the AWS X-Ray SDK dependencies to your pom.xml:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
   <artifactId>aws-xray-recorder-sdk-core</artifactId>
-  <version>2.18.0</version>
+  <version>2.18.1</version>
 </dependency>
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
   <artifactId>aws-xray-recorder-sdk-apache-http</artifactId>
-  <version>2.18.0</version>
+  <version>2.18.1</version>
 </dependency>
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
   <artifactId>aws-xray-recorder-sdk-aws-sdk</artifactId>
-  <version>2.18.0</version>
+  <version>2.18.1</version>
 </dependency>
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
   <artifactId>aws-xray-recorder-sdk-aws-sdk-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>2.18.0</version>
+  <version>2.18.1</version>
 </dependency>
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
   <artifactId>aws-xray-recorder-sdk-aws-sdk-instrumentor</artifactId>
-  <version>2.18.0</version>
+  <version>2.18.1</version>
 </dependency>
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
   <artifactId>aws-xray-recorder-sdk-aws-sdk-v2-instrumentor</artifactId>
-  <version>2.18.0</version>
+  <version>2.18.1</version>
 </dependency>
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
   <artifactId>aws-xray-recorder-sdk-sql</artifactId>
-  <version>2.18.0</version>
+  <version>2.18.1</version>
 </dependency>
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
   <artifactId>aws-xray-recorder-sdk-sql-mysql</artifactId>
-  <version>2.18.0</version>
+  <version>2.18.1</version>
 </dependency>
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
   <artifactId>aws-xray-recorder-sdk-sql-postgres</artifactId>
-  <version>2.18.0</version>
+  <version>2.18.1</version>
 </dependency>
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
   <artifactId>aws-xray-recorder-sdk-spring</artifactId>
-  <version>2.18.0</version>
+  <version>2.18.1</version>
 </dependency>
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
   <artifactId>aws-xray-recorder-sdk-log4j</artifactId>
-  <version>2.18.0</version>
+  <version>2.18.1</version>
 </dependency>
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
   <artifactId>aws-xray-recorder-sdk-slf4j</artifactId>
-  <version>2.18.0</version>
+  <version>2.18.1</version>
 </dependency>
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
   <artifactId>aws-xray-recorder-sdk-metrics</artifactId>
-  <version>2.18.0</version>
+  <version>2.18.1</version>
 </dependency>
 ```