diff --git a/.ocm/release-notes/github.com_gardener_machine-controller-manager-provider-azure_v0.18.0.release-notes.yaml b/.ocm/release-notes/github.com_gardener_machine-controller-manager-provider-azure_v0.18.0.release-notes.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..91813fc6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ocm/release-notes/github.com_gardener_machine-controller-manager-provider-azure_v0.18.0.release-notes.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+ocm:
+  component_name: github.com/gardener/machine-controller-manager-provider-azure
+  component_version: v0.18.0
+release_notes:
+- audience: operator
+  author:
+    hostname: github.com
+    type: githubUser
+    username: aaronfern
+  category: improvement
+  contents: Update build workflow to now also build arm64 images
+  mimetype: text/markdown
+  reference: '[#203](https://github.com/gardener/machine-controller-manager-provider-azure/pull/203)'
+  type: standard
+- audience: user
+  author:
+    hostname: github.com
+    type: githubUser
+    username: AndreasBurger
+  category: improvement
+  contents: VMs can now be deployed into capacity reservations
+  mimetype: text/markdown
+  reference: '[#218](https://github.com/gardener/machine-controller-manager-provider-azure/pull/218)'
+  type: standard
+- audience: developer
+  author:
+    hostname: github.com
+    type: githubUser
+    username: aaronfern
+  category: improvement
+  contents: Upgrade dependency gardener/machine-controller-manager from v0.60.0 to
+    v0.60.1
+  mimetype: text/markdown
+  reference: '[#212](https://github.com/gardener/machine-controller-manager-provider-azure/pull/212)'
+  type: standard
+- audience: operator
+  author:
+    hostname: github.com
+    type: githubUser
+    username: gagan16k
+  category: bugfix
+  contents: Fixed an issue in the orphan safety controller where orphaned VM instances
+    were not fully cleaned up in large Azure clusters due to missing pagination in
+    Azure Resource Graph queries.
+  mimetype: text/markdown
+  reference: '[#207](https://github.com/gardener/machine-controller-manager-provider-azure/pull/207)'
+  type: standard
+- audience: operator
+  author:
+    hostname: github.com
+    type: githubUser
+    username: aaronfern
+  category: improvement
+  contents: Clean up any partially created resources when VM creation fails due to
+    `ResourceExhausted` error
+  mimetype: text/markdown
+  reference: '[#205](https://github.com/gardener/machine-controller-manager-provider-azure/pull/205)'
+  type: standard
diff --git a/.ocm/release-notes/github.com_gardener_machine-controller-manager_v0.60.1.release-notes.yaml b/.ocm/release-notes/github.com_gardener_machine-controller-manager_v0.60.1.release-notes.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..80a2d086b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ocm/release-notes/github.com_gardener_machine-controller-manager_v0.60.1.release-notes.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+ocm:
+  component_name: github.com/gardener/machine-controller-manager
+  component_version: v0.60.1
+release_notes:
+- audience: operator
+  author:
+    hostname: github.com
+    type: githubUser
+    username: takoverflow
+  category: bugfix
+  contents: Added a safeguard to delay deletion of machines that are undergoing a
+    `Create` Request to prevent orphaning of VMs.
+  mimetype: text/markdown
+  reference: '[#1045](https://github.com/gardener/machine-controller-manager/pull/1045)'
+  type: standard
diff --git a/.ocm/release-notes/github.com_gardener_machine-controller-manager_v0.60.2.release-notes.yaml b/.ocm/release-notes/github.com_gardener_machine-controller-manager_v0.60.2.release-notes.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cb018ff26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ocm/release-notes/github.com_gardener_machine-controller-manager_v0.60.2.release-notes.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+ocm:
+  component_name: github.com/gardener/machine-controller-manager
+  component_version: v0.60.2
+release_notes:
+- audience: operator
+  author:
+    hostname: github.com
+    type: githubUser
+    username: maboehm
+  category: bugfix
+  contents: Fix panic if provider does not support Driver.InitializeMachine
+  mimetype: text/markdown
+  reference: '[#1047](https://github.com/gardener/machine-controller-manager/pull/1047)'
+  type: standard
diff --git a/imagevector/images.yaml b/imagevector/images.yaml
index 3cb71eb62..60650c988 100644
--- a/imagevector/images.yaml
+++ b/imagevector/images.yaml
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ images:
 - name: machine-controller-manager-provider-azure
   sourceRepository: github.com/gardener/machine-controller-manager-provider-azure
   repository: europe-docker.pkg.dev/gardener-project/releases/gardener/machine-controller-manager-provider-azure
-  tag: v0.17.2
+  tag: "v0.18.0"
   labels:
   - name: gardener.cloud/cve-categorisation
     value: