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From: "release-please[bot]"
 <55107282+release-please[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2025 15:46:39 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(main): release 1.18.6

---
 CHANGELOG.md                          | 7 +++++++
 google/cloud/sql/connector/version.py | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1347a4f8..c8a27d48 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.18.6](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-sql-python-connector/compare/v1.18.5...v1.18.6) (2025-11-05)
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* Update documentation to describe how to use Advanced DR write endpoint. ([#1332](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-sql-python-connector/issues/1332)) ([2e1ed21](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-sql-python-connector/commit/2e1ed211cad6dd63a76fa8c80df6c1d09d112778))
+
 ## [1.18.5](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-sql-python-connector/compare/v1.18.4...v1.18.5) (2025-10-09)
 
 
diff --git a/google/cloud/sql/connector/version.py b/google/cloud/sql/connector/version.py
index c42d7c85..18cf8094 100644
--- a/google/cloud/sql/connector/version.py
+++ b/google/cloud/sql/connector/version.py
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-__version__ = "1.18.5"
+__version__ = "1.18.6"