diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e4d3abc8c1..6d4bcbe2d8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+# [2.0.0-rc.18](https://github.com/vuepress/core/compare/v2.0.0-rc.17...v2.0.0-rc.18) (2024-10-10)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **core:** fix app env flag regression (close [#1612](https://github.com/vuepress/core/issues/1612)) ([e693cdc](https://github.com/vuepress/core/commit/e693cdc6892aa977dc92c37c4869ad86fa5a8d69))
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **core:** improve user config file loading ([#1615](https://github.com/vuepress/core/issues/1615)) ([01f6ab3](https://github.com/vuepress/core/commit/01f6ab3c24d34c85b090656b1352b38913084809))
+* **markdown:** add isExternal option for linksPlugin (close [#1611](https://github.com/vuepress/core/issues/1611)) ([41214eb](https://github.com/vuepress/core/commit/41214eb4060e6b5537cd1ee25e2803bf1f66a7e6))
+* **utils:** sync latest sanitizeFileName logic from rollup ([#1614](https://github.com/vuepress/core/issues/1614)) ([aaf3bba](https://github.com/vuepress/core/commit/aaf3bba36134fe31518f559f08fbe9dfd8f98c4a))
+
+
+
 # [2.0.0-rc.17](https://github.com/vuepress/core/compare/v2.0.0-rc.16...v2.0.0-rc.17) (2024-09-30)
 
 
diff --git a/e2e/package.json b/e2e/package.json
index 580ad4d3cc..12c383929c 100644
--- a/e2e/package.json
+++ b/e2e/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@vuepress/e2e",
-  "version": "2.0.0-rc.17",
+  "version": "2.0.0-rc.18",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e773ed0cad..f53dda134f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@vuepress/monorepo",
-  "version": "2.0.0-rc.17",
+  "version": "2.0.0-rc.18",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/packages/bundler-vite/package.json b/packages/bundler-vite/package.json
index b1c9e4f651..62ab70d226 100644
--- a/packages/bundler-vite/package.json
+++ b/packages/bundler-vite/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@vuepress/bundler-vite",
-  "version": "2.0.0-rc.17",
+  "version": "2.0.0-rc.18",
   "description": "Bundler vite package of VuePress",
   "keywords": [
     "vuepress-bundler",
diff --git a/packages/bundler-webpack/package.json b/packages/bundler-webpack/package.json
index 38de396b69..7f2155ec9c 100644
--- a/packages/bundler-webpack/package.json
+++ b/packages/bundler-webpack/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@vuepress/bundler-webpack",
-  "version": "2.0.0-rc.17",
+  "version": "2.0.0-rc.18",
   "description": "Bundler webpack package of VuePress",
   "keywords": [
     "vuepress-bundler",
diff --git a/packages/bundlerutils/package.json b/packages/bundlerutils/package.json
index 837b6c1daf..6de373bd73 100644
--- a/packages/bundlerutils/package.json
+++ b/packages/bundlerutils/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@vuepress/bundlerutils",
-  "version": "2.0.0-rc.17",
+  "version": "2.0.0-rc.18",
   "description": "Utils package of VuePress bundler",
   "keywords": [
     "bundler",
diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index 5598967a3f..1d8ca2190b 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@vuepress/cli",
-  "version": "2.0.0-rc.17",
+  "version": "2.0.0-rc.18",
   "description": "CLI package of VuePress",
   "keywords": [
     "vuepress",
diff --git a/packages/client/package.json b/packages/client/package.json
index 89f0676b5b..2b20d49280 100644
--- a/packages/client/package.json
+++ b/packages/client/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@vuepress/client",
-  "version": "2.0.0-rc.17",
+  "version": "2.0.0-rc.18",
   "description": "Client package of VuePress",
   "keywords": [
     "vuepress",
diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index 2988c2186c..f9b424bdee 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@vuepress/core",
-  "version": "2.0.0-rc.17",
+  "version": "2.0.0-rc.18",
   "description": "Core package of VuePress",
   "keywords": [
     "vuepress",
diff --git a/packages/markdown/package.json b/packages/markdown/package.json
index 513e0cf7aa..ca500cb433 100644
--- a/packages/markdown/package.json
+++ b/packages/markdown/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@vuepress/markdown",
-  "version": "2.0.0-rc.17",
+  "version": "2.0.0-rc.18",
   "description": "Markdown package of VuePress",
   "keywords": [
     "vuepress",
diff --git a/packages/shared/package.json b/packages/shared/package.json
index 0a8dc4422f..338c1da791 100644
--- a/packages/shared/package.json
+++ b/packages/shared/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@vuepress/shared",
-  "version": "2.0.0-rc.17",
+  "version": "2.0.0-rc.18",
   "description": "Utils that shared between VuePress node and client",
   "keywords": [
     "vuepress",
diff --git a/packages/utils/package.json b/packages/utils/package.json
index 17d7f8e690..b9fcec6159 100644
--- a/packages/utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/utils/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@vuepress/utils",
-  "version": "2.0.0-rc.17",
+  "version": "2.0.0-rc.18",
   "description": "Utils package of VuePress",
   "keywords": [
     "vuepress",
diff --git a/packages/vuepress/package.json b/packages/vuepress/package.json
index 165d381448..2307ca5a5c 100644
--- a/packages/vuepress/package.json
+++ b/packages/vuepress/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "vuepress",
-  "version": "2.0.0-rc.17",
+  "version": "2.0.0-rc.18",
   "description": "Vue-powered Static Site Generator",
   "keywords": [
     "documentation",