diff --git a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
index 52d3c214703c..3fb806448cb8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
@@ -3,6 +3,20 @@
 :issue: https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/
 :pull: https://github.com/elastic/beats/pull/
 
+[[release-notes-7.17.18]]
+=== Beats version 7.17.18
+https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.17.17\...v7.17.18[View commits]
+
+==== Breaking changes
+
+*Affecting all Beats*
+
+- add_cloud_metadata processor: `huawei` provider is now treated as `openstack`. Huawei cloud runs on OpenStack
+platform, and when viewed from a metadata API standpoint, it is impossible to differentiate it from OpenStack. If you
+know that your deployments run on Huawei Cloud exclusively, and you wish to have `cloud.provider` value as `huawei`,
+you can achieve this by overwriting the value using an `add_fields` processor. {pull}35184[35184]
+
+
 [[release-notes-7.17.17]]
 === Beats version 7.17.17
 https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.17.16\...v7.17.17[View commits]
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index 9d76642f1211..5a40498bb519 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha2...master[Check the HEAD d
 
 *Affecting all Beats*
 
-- add_cloud_metadata processor: `huawei` provider is now treated as `openstack`. Huawei cloud runs on OpenStack
-platform, and when viewed from a metadata API standpoint, it is impossible to differentiate it from OpenStack. If you
-know that your deployments run on Huawei Cloud exclusively, and you wish to have `cloud.provider` value as `huawei`,
-you can achieve this by overwriting the value using an `add_fields` processor. {pull}35184[35184]
 
 *Auditbeat*
 
@@ -121,3 +117,6 @@ you can achieve this by overwriting the value using an `add_fields` processor. {
 
 
 
+
+
+
diff --git a/libbeat/docs/release.asciidoc b/libbeat/docs/release.asciidoc
index b43ab4d3780d..a98fc716592d 100644
--- a/libbeat/docs/release.asciidoc
+++ b/libbeat/docs/release.asciidoc
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ This section summarizes the changes in each release. Also read
 <<breaking-changes>> for more detail about changes that affect
 upgrade.
 
+* <<release-notes-7.17.18>>
 * <<release-notes-7.17.17>>
 * <<release-notes-7.17.16>>
 * <<release-notes-7.17.15>>