diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 9b2a4747..28dd6698 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # Changes
 
 ## Unreleased - 2021-xx-xx
+
+
+## 4.0.0-beta.18 - 2021-12-29
 ### Changed
 - Update `cookie` dependency (re-exported) to `0.16`. [#2555]
 - Minimum supported Rust version (MSRV) is now 1.54.
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3f91c6f9..0d2dfda8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "actix-web"
-version = "4.0.0-beta.17"
+version = "4.0.0-beta.18"
 authors = ["Nikolay Kim <fafhrd91@gmail.com>"]
 description = "Actix Web is a powerful, pragmatic, and extremely fast web framework for Rust"
 keywords = ["actix", "http", "web", "framework", "async"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index aac7818b..c97748c2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
   <p>
 
 [![crates.io](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/actix-web?label=latest)](https://crates.io/crates/actix-web)
-[![Documentation](https://docs.rs/actix-web/badge.svg?version=4.0.0-beta.17)](https://docs.rs/actix-web/4.0.0-beta.17)
+[![Documentation](https://docs.rs/actix-web/badge.svg?version=4.0.0-beta.18)](https://docs.rs/actix-web/4.0.0-beta.18)
 [![Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/rustc-1.54+-ab6000.svg)](https://blog.rust-lang.org/2021/05/06/Rust-1.54.0.html)
 ![MIT or Apache 2.0 licensed](https://img.shields.io/crates/l/actix-web.svg)
-[![Dependency Status](https://deps.rs/crate/actix-web/4.0.0-beta.17/status.svg)](https://deps.rs/crate/actix-web/4.0.0-beta.17)
+[![Dependency Status](https://deps.rs/crate/actix-web/4.0.0-beta.18/status.svg)](https://deps.rs/crate/actix-web/4.0.0-beta.18)
 <br />
 [![build status](https://github.com/actix/actix-web/workflows/CI%20%28Linux%29/badge.svg?branch=master&event=push)](https://github.com/actix/actix-web/actions)
 [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/actix/actix-web/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/actix/actix-web) 
diff --git a/actix-files/Cargo.toml b/actix-files/Cargo.toml
index adf4408b..c2acbc76 100644
--- a/actix-files/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-files/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ experimental-io-uring = ["actix-web/experimental-io-uring", "tokio-uring"]
 actix-http = "3.0.0-beta.17"
 actix-service = "2"
 actix-utils = "3"
-actix-web = { version = "4.0.0-beta.17", default-features = false }
+actix-web = { version = "4.0.0-beta.18", default-features = false }
 
 askama_escape = "0.10"
 bitflags = "1"
@@ -44,4 +44,4 @@ tokio-uring = { version = "0.1", optional = true }
 [dev-dependencies]
 actix-rt = "2.2"
 actix-test = "0.1.0-beta.10"
-actix-web = "4.0.0-beta.17"
+actix-web = "4.0.0-beta.18"
diff --git a/actix-http-test/Cargo.toml b/actix-http-test/Cargo.toml
index 2883a8f7..bd6baf74 100644
--- a/actix-http-test/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-http-test/Cargo.toml
@@ -51,5 +51,5 @@ tls-openssl = { version = "0.10.9", package = "openssl", optional = true }
 tokio = { version = "1.8.4", features = ["sync"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-actix-web = { version = "4.0.0-beta.17", default-features = false, features = ["cookies"] }
+actix-web = { version = "4.0.0-beta.18", default-features = false, features = ["cookies"] }
 actix-http = "3.0.0-beta.17"
diff --git a/actix-http/Cargo.toml b/actix-http/Cargo.toml
index 9575f55e..7c9b2894 100644
--- a/actix-http/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-http/Cargo.toml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ zstd = { version = "0.9", optional = true }
 actix-http-test = { version = "3.0.0-beta.10", features = ["openssl"] }
 actix-server = "2.0.0-rc.2"
 actix-tls = { version = "3.0.0", features = ["openssl"] }
-actix-web = "4.0.0-beta.17"
+actix-web = "4.0.0-beta.18"
 
 async-stream = "0.3"
 criterion = { version = "0.3", features = ["html_reports"] }
diff --git a/actix-multipart/Cargo.toml b/actix-multipart/Cargo.toml
index 4beddd0b..71551211 100644
--- a/actix-multipart/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-multipart/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ path = "src/lib.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 actix-utils = "3.0.0"
-actix-web = { version = "4.0.0-beta.17", default-features = false }
+actix-web = { version = "4.0.0-beta.18", default-features = false }
 
 bytes = "1"
 derive_more = "0.99.5"
diff --git a/actix-test/Cargo.toml b/actix-test/Cargo.toml
index c523a656..3720869f 100644
--- a/actix-test/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-test/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ actix-http-test = "3.0.0-beta.10"
 actix-rt = "2.1"
 actix-service = "2.0.0"
 actix-utils = "3.0.0"
-actix-web = { version = "4.0.0-beta.17", default-features = false, features = ["cookies"] }
+actix-web = { version = "4.0.0-beta.18", default-features = false, features = ["cookies"] }
 awc = { version = "3.0.0-beta.16", default-features = false, features = ["cookies"] }
 
 futures-core = { version = "0.3.7", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
diff --git a/actix-web-actors/Cargo.toml b/actix-web-actors/Cargo.toml
index 719c563c..2e96a68a 100644
--- a/actix-web-actors/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-web-actors/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ path = "src/lib.rs"
 actix = { version = "0.12.0", default-features = false }
 actix-codec = "0.4.1"
 actix-http = "3.0.0-beta.17"
-actix-web = { version = "4.0.0-beta.17", default-features = false }
+actix-web = { version = "4.0.0-beta.18", default-features = false }
 
 bytes = "1"
 bytestring = "1"
diff --git a/actix-web-codegen/Cargo.toml b/actix-web-codegen/Cargo.toml
index b014a47a..03ff4698 100644
--- a/actix-web-codegen/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-web-codegen/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ actix-macros = "0.2.3"
 actix-rt = "2.2"
 actix-test = "0.1.0-beta.10"
 actix-utils = "3.0.0"
-actix-web = "4.0.0-beta.17"
+actix-web = "4.0.0-beta.18"
 
 futures-core = { version = "0.3.7", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
 trybuild = "1"
diff --git a/awc/Cargo.toml b/awc/Cargo.toml
index e3a7346b..46a202b8 100644
--- a/awc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/awc/Cargo.toml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ actix-server = "2.0.0-rc.2"
 actix-test = { version = "0.1.0-beta.10", features = ["openssl", "rustls"] }
 actix-tls = { version = "3.0.0", features = ["openssl", "rustls"] }
 actix-utils = "3.0.0"
-actix-web = { version = "4.0.0-beta.17", features = ["openssl"] }
+actix-web = { version = "4.0.0-beta.18", features = ["openssl"] }
 
 brotli2 = "0.3.2"
 env_logger = "0.9"