diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 3aaf37a5b5..3bc2820ea5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ env:
   BUILDTOOLS_VERSION: '3.0.0'
   BUILDIFIER_SHA256SUM: 'e92a6793c7134c5431c58fbc34700664f101e5c9b1c1fcd93b97978e8b7f88db'
   BUILDOZER_SHA256SUM: '3d58a0b6972e4535718cdd6c12778170ea7382de7c75bc3728f5719437ffb84d'
-  TENSORFLOW_VERSION: 'tf-nightly'
+  TENSORFLOW_VERSION: 'tf-nightly==2.18.0.dev20240924'
 
 jobs:
   build:
diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index e36d6bf07d..460059d4bd 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+# Release 2.18.0
+
+The 2.18 minor series tracks TensorFlow 2.18.
+
+## Features
+- Compatibility updates for changes in Numpy 2.0 (#6871)
+- Relax `protobuf` restriction to work with versions < 5.0.0 (in addition to >= 5.0.0) (#6888)
+
+## Bug Fixes
+- Fixes a floating menu disappearing immediately after right-clicking on the trigger point. (#6891)
+
+
 # Release 2.17.1
 
 ## Bug Fixes
diff --git a/tensorboard/version.py b/tensorboard/version.py
index c946561a1c..0763e0e16a 100644
--- a/tensorboard/version.py
+++ b/tensorboard/version.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 """Contains the version string."""
 
-VERSION = "2.18.0a0"
+VERSION = "2.18.0"
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     print(VERSION)