diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 87afa4f8..927fdeb2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,18 +3,3 @@
 All notable changes to stateless-validator are recorded here, newest first.
 Entries are generated by the release flow from merged PR titles; edit an
 entry in its release candidate or settle PR if the wording needs work.
-
-## v2.0.18 (unreleased)
-
-### Refactoring
-
-- core: remove the unused EIP-3155 trace writer ([#195](https://github.com/megaeth-labs/stateless-validator/pull/195))
-- behavior-preserving cleanups and unused-API removals ([#194](https://github.com/megaeth-labs/stateless-validator/pull/194))
-
-### CI
-
-- adopt the shared release flow (candidate / settle / publish) ([#201](https://github.com/megaeth-labs/stateless-validator/pull/201))
-
-### Chores
-
-- bump salt to v1.0.6 ([#200](https://github.com/megaeth-labs/stateless-validator/pull/200))
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4d9cc4f6..57ad742b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1886,7 +1886,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "debug-trace-server"
-version = "2.0.18"
+version = "2.0.17"
 dependencies = [
  "alloy-consensus",
  "alloy-evm",
@@ -5668,7 +5668,7 @@ checksum = "6ce2be8dc25455e1f91df71bfa12ad37d7af1092ae736f3a6cd0e37bc7810596"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "stateless-common"
-version = "2.0.18"
+version = "2.0.17"
 dependencies = [
  "alloy-consensus",
  "alloy-primitives",
@@ -5705,7 +5705,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "stateless-core"
-version = "2.0.18"
+version = "2.0.17"
 dependencies = [
  "alloy-consensus",
  "alloy-eips",
@@ -5745,7 +5745,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "stateless-db"
-version = "2.0.18"
+version = "2.0.17"
 dependencies = [
  "alloy-primitives",
  "alloy-rpc-types-eth",
@@ -5764,7 +5764,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "stateless-r2"
-version = "2.0.18"
+version = "2.0.17"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "chrono",
@@ -5781,7 +5781,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "stateless-test-utils"
-version = "2.0.18"
+version = "2.0.17"
 dependencies = [
  "alloy-consensus",
  "alloy-genesis",
@@ -5802,7 +5802,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "stateless-validator"
-version = "2.0.18"
+version = "2.0.17"
 dependencies = [
  "alloy-genesis",
  "alloy-primitives",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 556a9e36..c9bba53c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ members = [
 resolver = "2"
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "2.0.18"
+version = "2.0.17"
 edition = "2024"
 rust-version = "1.91"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"