sync release versions for v1.18.0 #2820

Job	Run time
compute-hash (aarch64-darwin, macos-latest)	15m 51s
compute-hash (x86_64-linux, blacksmith-4vcpu-ubuntu-2404)	1m 39s
compute-hash (x86_64-darwin, macos-15-intel)	24m 48s
compute-hash (aarch64-linux, blacksmith-4vcpu-ubuntu-2404-arm)	3m 7s
update-hashes	27s
	45m 52s

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