diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 80f5ee1..4c8698b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ The code is being expanded, restructured and improved primarily to meet the requ
 
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-### Latest release Version 4.17.0 / October 04, 2025
+### Latest release Version 4.18.0 / October 30, 2025
 
 ### Maven
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Add to your `pom.xml`:
 <dependency>
     <groupId>org.htmlunit</groupId>
     <artifactId>htmlunit-csp</artifactId>
-    <version>4.17.0</version>
+    <version>4.18.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Add to your `pom.xml`:
 Add to your `build.gradle`:
 
 ```groovy
-implementation group: 'org.htmlunit', name: 'htmlunit-csp', version: '4.17.0'
+implementation group: 'org.htmlunit', name: 'htmlunit-csp', version: '4.18.0'
 ```
 
 ### A Note on CSP
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ If you use maven please add:
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.htmlunit</groupId>
         <artifactId>htmlunit-csp</artifactId>
-        <version>4.18.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.19.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
 You have to add the sonatype-central snapshot repository to your pom `repositories` section also:
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c5d5fab..188badb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.htmlunit</groupId>
     <artifactId>htmlunit-csp</artifactId>
-    <version>4.17.0</version>
+    <version>4.18.0</version>
     <name>HtmlUnit Content-Security-Policy Parser</name>
     <organization>
         <name>HtmlUnit</name>
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
         <junit.version>5.13.4</junit.version>
 
         <!-- quality -->
-        <checkstyle.version>11.1.0</checkstyle.version>
-        <spotbugs.version>4.9.6</spotbugs.version>
+        <checkstyle.version>12.1.1</checkstyle.version>
+        <spotbugs.version>4.9.8</spotbugs.version>
         <pmd.version>7.17.0</pmd.version>
         <spotless.version>2.38.0</spotless.version>
         <dependencycheck.version>10.0.4</dependencycheck.version>
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
         <!-- plugins -->
         <central-publishing-plugin.version>0.9.0</central-publishing-plugin.version>
         <checkstyle-plugin.version>3.6.0</checkstyle-plugin.version>
-        <pmd-plugin.version>3.27.0</pmd-plugin.version>
-        <spotbugs-plugin.version>4.9.6.0</spotbugs-plugin.version>
+        <pmd-plugin.version>3.28.0</pmd-plugin.version>
+        <spotbugs-plugin.version>4.9.8.1</spotbugs-plugin.version>
         <gpg-plugin.version>3.2.8</gpg-plugin.version>
         <enforcer-plugin.version>3.6.2</enforcer-plugin.version>
         <changes-plugin.version>2.12.1</changes-plugin.version>