diff --git a/.fern/metadata.json b/.fern/metadata.json
index 7ffa7aeb..17981925 100644
--- a/.fern/metadata.json
+++ b/.fern/metadata.json
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@
   "originGitCommit": "330b1dab41a5004329de2c1ea6396dc4b1ea930c",
   "originGitCommitIsDirty": true,
   "invokedBy": "manual",
-  "sdkVersion": "7.17.0"
+  "sdkVersion": "7.18.0"
 }
diff --git a/.github/.release-please-manifest.json b/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
index f8521830..ace108e8 100644
--- a/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "7.17.0"
+  ".": "7.18.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0eae16f5..f9d52330 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [7.18.0](https://github.com/deepgram/deepgram-python-sdk/compare/v7.17.0...v7.18.0) (2026-11-10)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **core:** Preserve unknown Agent V1, Listen V1/V2, and Speak V2 WebSocket messages as raw dictionary payloads instead of dropping them; Listen V1/V2 binary frames are now typed. Responses from `with_raw_response()` expose the underlying `httpx.Response` as `.response`. To avoid replaying a request the server may already have applied, `httpx.RemoteProtocolError` is no longer retried by default; opt in for safe requests with `request_options={"retry_remote_protocol_errors": True}`. ([#826](https://github.com/deepgram/deepgram-python-sdk/issues/826)) ([3b3679c](https://github.com/deepgram/deepgram-python-sdk/commit/3b3679c5061c25a154561c63680adb668996f451))
+
 ## [7.17.0](https://github.com/deepgram/deepgram-python-sdk/compare/v7.16.0...v7.17.0) (2026-11-02)
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3ffec198..07edeb1b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ license-files = ["LICENSE"]
 
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "deepgram-sdk"
-version = "7.17.0"
+version = "7.18.0"
 description = ""
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = []
diff --git a/src/deepgram/core/client_wrapper.py b/src/deepgram/core/client_wrapper.py
index a01a1977..e9cc30c9 100644
--- a/src/deepgram/core/client_wrapper.py
+++ b/src/deepgram/core/client_wrapper.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def get_headers(self) -> typing.Dict[str, str]:
         try:
             _sdk_version = _fern_importlib_metadata.version("deepgram-sdk")
         except _fern_importlib_metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
-            _sdk_version = "7.17.0"  # x-release-please-version
+            _sdk_version = "7.18.0"  # x-release-please-version
 
         headers: typing.Dict[str, str] = {
             "User-Agent": "deepgram-sdk/" + _sdk_version,