diff --git a/.github/release-please/manifest.json b/.github/release-please/manifest.json
index c64c1f4ecc4f..56fc6be6f147 100644
--- a/.github/release-please/manifest.json
+++ b/.github/release-please/manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
   "core": "26.2.1",
-  "prover": "18.0.0",
+  "prover": "18.1.0",
   "zkstack_cli": "0.1.2"
 }
diff --git a/prover/CHANGELOG.md b/prover/CHANGELOG.md
index 68a02884328b..899d162b78a7 100644
--- a/prover/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/prover/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [18.1.0](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/compare/prover-v18.0.0...prover-v18.1.0) (2025-02-03)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **contract-verifier:** Partial matching & automatic verification ([#3527](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3527)) ([bf9fe85](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/bf9fe85f4fd1d739105e7b21d0eebb377f752bac))
+* Refactor WG DAL ([#3560](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3560)) ([d1ede36](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/d1ede36dc17d750baa7c76d6c027e8d0e9385c7e))
+* Updating information about keys & commitments for releases ([#3486](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3486)) ([cd21c9e](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/cd21c9ea31192889d83d85be549290cd99c7bba6))
+* **vm:** Allow caching signature verification ([#3505](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3505)) ([7bb5ed3](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/7bb5ed377719227f5c9861231e110dd9a5bb2ac0))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Allow witness_generator to use Prometheus push gateway in continuous mode ([#3555](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3555)) ([0f1a5e0](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/0f1a5e0d61fbd7a2755bae6191184039f1c46e03))
+
 ## [18.0.0](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/compare/prover-v17.1.1...prover-v18.0.0) (2025-01-27)
 
 
diff --git a/prover/Cargo.toml b/prover/Cargo.toml
index 7144b3821215..dc28c2f02ec7 100644
--- a/prover/Cargo.toml
+++ b/prover/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ members = ["crates/bin/*", "crates/lib/*"]
 resolver = "2"
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "18.0.0" # x-release-please-version
+version = "18.1.0" # x-release-please-version
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["The Matter Labs Team <hello@matterlabs.dev>"]
 homepage = "https://zksync.io/"