Bump ncipollo/release-action from 1.16.0 to 1.18.0

Bumps [ncipollo/release-action](https://github.com/ncipollo/release-action) from 1.16.0 to 1.18.0.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/ncipollo/release-action/releases)
- [Commits](ncipollo/release-action@440c8c1...bcfe547)

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updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: ncipollo/release-action
  dependency-version: 1.18.0
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-minor
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.github/workflows/GitFlow_Make-Release-and-Sync-to-Dev.yml

@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # Step 4: Create stable GitHub release with all artifacts
       - name: Create release
-        uses: ncipollo/release-action@440c8c1cb0ed28b9f43e4d1d670870f059653174 # v1.16.0
+        uses: ncipollo/release-action@bcfe5470707e8832e12347755757cec0eb3c22af # v1.18.0
         with:
           tag: v${{ steps.release_version.outputs.NextSemVer }}
           prerelease: false  # This is a stable release

.github/workflows/GitFlow_Nightly-builds.yml

@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # Step 6: Create GitHub release with all artifacts
       - name: Create release
-        uses: ncipollo/release-action@440c8c1cb0ed28b9f43e4d1d670870f059653174 # v1.16.0
+        uses: ncipollo/release-action@bcfe5470707e8832e12347755757cec0eb3c22af # v1.18.0
         if: steps.check_prs.outputs.BUILD_NEEDED == 'true'
         with:
           tag: v${{ steps.format_version.outputs.NextSemVer }}