diff --git a/.github/release.yaml b/.github/release.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ae94e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/release.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+changelog:
+  exclude:
+    labels:
+      - ignore-for-release
+    authors:
+      - octocat
+  categories:
+    - title: 🛠 Breaking Changes
+      labels:
+        - semver-major
+        - breaking-change
+    - title: 🎉 Exciting New Features
+      labels:
+        - semver-minor
+        - enhancement
+    - title: 🐞 Bugfixes
+      labels:
+        - bug
+    - title: 📄 Documentation
+      labels:
+        - documentation
+    - title: 📦 Other Changes
+      labels:
+        - "*"
diff --git a/lib/rspec/openapi/version.rb b/lib/rspec/openapi/version.rb
index e45e2b0..74beed9 100644
--- a/lib/rspec/openapi/version.rb
+++ b/lib/rspec/openapi/version.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 module RSpec
   module OpenAPI
-    VERSION = '0.17.0'
+    VERSION = '0.18.0'
   end
 end