diff --git a/copyparty/__version__.py b/copyparty/__version__.py
index f3957db7..43b182e8 100644
--- a/copyparty/__version__.py
+++ b/copyparty/__version__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # coding: utf-8
 
-VERSION = (1, 18, 4)
+VERSION = (1, 18, 5)
 CODENAME = "logtail"
-BUILD_DT = (2025, 7, 25)
+BUILD_DT = (2025, 7, 28)
 
 S_VERSION = ".".join(map(str, VERSION))
 S_BUILD_DT = "{0:04d}-{1:02d}-{2:02d}".format(*BUILD_DT)
diff --git a/docs/changelog.md b/docs/changelog.md
index d59b2b95..175bc791 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/changelog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
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+# 2025-0725-1841  `v1.18.4`  Landmarks
+
+## 🧪 new features
+
+* #182 [Landmarks](https://github.com/9001/copyparty#database-location) edba7fff
+  * detects that a storage backend is glitching out and disengage the up2k-database as a precaution
+* #183 quickdelete 21a96bcf 
+  * new togglebutton `qdel` in the UI which reduces the number of deletion confirmations by one
+  * global-option `--qdel=0` which can bring it all the way to zero (good luck)
+
+## 🩹 bugfixes
+
+* fix unpost in recently created shares 2d322dd4
+* fix filekeys on windows df6d4df4
+
+
+
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 # 2025-0721-2307  `v1.18.3`  drop the umask