Merge pull request FasterXML#837 from FasterXML/2.18

Sync 2.18

Author: k163377

README.md

@@ -10,24 +10,25 @@ and those with secondary constructors or static factories are also supported.
 
 # Status
 
-* release `2.17.0` (for Jackson `2.17.x`) [![GitHub Actions build](https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-module-kotlin/actions/workflows/main.yml/badge.svg?branch=2.16)](https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-module-kotlin/actions?query=branch%3A2.17)
+* release `2.18.0` (for Jackson `2.18.x`) [![GitHub Actions build](https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-module-kotlin/actions/workflows/main.yml/badge.svg?branch=2.18)](https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-module-kotlin/actions?query=branch%3A2.18)
+* release `2.17.2` (for Jackson `2.17.x`) [![GitHub Actions build](https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-module-kotlin/actions/workflows/main.yml/badge.svg?branch=2.17)](https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-module-kotlin/actions?query=branch%3A2.17)
 * release `2.16.2` (for Jackson `2.16.x`) [![GitHub Actions build](https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-module-kotlin/actions/workflows/main.yml/badge.svg?branch=2.16)](https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-module-kotlin/actions?query=branch%3A2.16)
-* release `2.15.3` (for Jackson `2.15.x`) [![GitHub Actions build](https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-module-kotlin/actions/workflows/main.yml/badge.svg?branch=2.15)](https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-module-kotlin/actions?query=branch%3A2.15)
+* release `2.15.4` (for Jackson `2.15.x`) [![GitHub Actions build](https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-module-kotlin/actions/workflows/main.yml/badge.svg?branch=2.15)](https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-module-kotlin/actions?query=branch%3A2.15)
 * release `2.14.3` (for Jackson `2.14.x`) [![GitHub Actions build](https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-module-kotlin/actions/workflows/main.yml/badge.svg?branch=2.14)](https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-module-kotlin/actions?query=branch%3A2.14)
 
 Releases require that you have included Kotlin stdlib and reflect libraries already.
 
 Gradle:
 ```
-implementation "com.fasterxml.jackson.module:jackson-module-kotlin:2.17.+"
+implementation "com.fasterxml.jackson.module:jackson-module-kotlin:2.18.+"
 ```
 
 Maven:
 ```xml
 <dependency>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-module-kotlin</artifactId>
-    <version>2.17.2</version>
+    <version>2.18.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 

release-notes/CREDITS-2.x

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Authors:
 
 Contributors:
 
-# 2.18.0 (not yet released)
+# 2.18.0 (26-Sep-2024)
 
 WrongWrong (@k163377)
 * #818: Optimize the search process for creators