chore(main): release 1.18.0

Author: release-please[bot]

CHANGELOG.md

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 # Changelog
 
+## [1.18.0](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-sql-python-connector/compare/v1.17.0...v1.18.0) (2025-03-19)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add domain name validation ([#1246](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-sql-python-connector/issues/1246)) ([15934bd](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-sql-python-connector/commit/15934bd18ab426edd19af67be799876b52895a48))
+
 ## [1.17.0](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-sql-python-connector/compare/v1.16.0...v1.17.0) (2025-02-12)
 
 

google/cloud/sql/connector/version.py

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 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-__version__ = "1.17.0"
+__version__ = "1.18.0"