diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index d13eea2162..b971e81395 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{".":"7.2.0","packages/phoenix-evals":"0.17.5","packages/phoenix-otel":"0.6.1"}
+{".":"7.2.0","packages/phoenix-evals":"0.18.0","packages/phoenix-otel":"0.6.1"}
diff --git a/packages/phoenix-evals/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/phoenix-evals/CHANGELOG.md
index 7b7de111c2..39b8e022fb 100644
--- a/packages/phoenix-evals/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/phoenix-evals/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.18.0](https://github.com/Arize-ai/phoenix/compare/arize-phoenix-evals-v0.17.5...arize-phoenix-evals-v0.18.0) (2024-12-20)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Enable `phoenix.evals` to handle multimodal message templates ([#5522](https://github.com/Arize-ai/phoenix/issues/5522)) ([41a4fc2](https://github.com/Arize-ai/phoenix/commit/41a4fc2ef98b8a06747e5cdd07f07d9bbe5662c3))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* spelling errors in prompt templates ([#5571](https://github.com/Arize-ai/phoenix/issues/5571)) ([9646c8e](https://github.com/Arize-ai/phoenix/commit/9646c8ebc7ba81043f4e1a678977a8c6a0fa50c1))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* update sessions (GITBOOK-940) ([88dc135](https://github.com/Arize-ai/phoenix/commit/88dc135f99b03697387df0140533a0808454a88e))
+
 ## [0.17.5](https://github.com/Arize-ai/phoenix/compare/arize-phoenix-evals-v0.17.4...arize-phoenix-evals-v0.17.5) (2024-11-19)
 
 
diff --git a/packages/phoenix-evals/pyproject.toml b/packages/phoenix-evals/pyproject.toml
index c5a599d89f..e34cbb7fda 100644
--- a/packages/phoenix-evals/pyproject.toml
+++ b/packages/phoenix-evals/pyproject.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ classifiers = [
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
 ]
-version = "0.17.5"
+version = "0.18.0"
 dependencies = [
   "pandas",
   "tqdm",