diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 18abae2..4fe3418 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "toad": "0.17.7",
+  "toad": "0.18.0",
   "toad-array": "0.5.0",
   "toad-common": "0.15.0",
   "toad-cursor": "0.2.0",
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   "toad-macros": "0.2.1",
   "toad-map": "0.2.3",
   "toad-msg": "0.18.1",
-  "toad-string": "0.1.0",
+  "toad-string": "0.2.0",
   "toad-stem": "0.1.0",
   "toad-writable": "0.1.1"
 }
diff --git a/toad-string/CHANGELOG.md b/toad-string/CHANGELOG.md
index 82e4811..8d8f36f 100644
--- a/toad-string/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/toad-string/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.2.0](https://github.com/toad-lib/toad/compare/toad-string-v0.1.0...toad-string-v0.2.0) (2023-04-24)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add many String inherent methods and functionality ([#332](https://github.com/toad-lib/toad/issues/332)) ([6ee3d8c](https://github.com/toad-lib/toad/commit/6ee3d8ce1f491609c91764e55105f93b370b538f))
+
 ## 0.1.0 (2023-03-20)
 
 
@@ -7,5 +14,3 @@
 
 * init toad-string ([23660e0](https://github.com/toad-lib/toad/commit/23660e0ef865615669b64e66f496a4585cbde16a))
 * **kwap:** add support for coap runtime config ([c082f06](https://github.com/toad-lib/toad/commit/c082f0696a288d2a2db9b986c3e3eaf2e7a4e8f4))
-
-
diff --git a/toad-string/Cargo.toml b/toad-string/Cargo.toml
index 006470a..f812dbe 100644
--- a/toad-string/Cargo.toml
+++ b/toad-string/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "toad-string"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.2.0"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Stack-allocated string"
 authors = ["Orion Kindel <cakekindel@gmail.com>"]
diff --git a/toad/CHANGELOG.md b/toad/CHANGELOG.md
index 5be215b..43fc05d 100644
--- a/toad/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/toad/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [0.18.0](https://github.com/toad-lib/toad/compare/toad-v0.17.7...toad-v0.18.0) (2023-04-24)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add many String inherent methods and functionality ([#332](https://github.com/toad-lib/toad/issues/332)) ([6ee3d8c](https://github.com/toad-lib/toad/commit/6ee3d8ce1f491609c91764e55105f93b370b538f))
+
 ## [0.17.7](https://github.com/toad-lib/toad/compare/toad-v0.17.6...toad-v0.17.7) (2023-04-24)
 
 
diff --git a/toad/Cargo.toml b/toad/Cargo.toml
index 70ad265..e14696c 100644
--- a/toad/Cargo.toml
+++ b/toad/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "toad"
-version = "0.17.7"
+version = "0.18.0"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Universal implementation of the CoAP networking protocol"
 authors = ["Orion Kindel <cakekindel@gmail.com>"]
diff --git a/toad/src/lib.rs b/toad/src/lib.rs
index 88c71b7..a5cf58d 100644
--- a/toad/src/lib.rs
+++ b/toad/src/lib.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 //! - While _classes_ of status codes are the same (Success 2xx -> 2.xx, Client error 4xx -> 4.xx, Server error 5xx -> 5.xx), the semantics of the individual response codes differ.
 
 // x-release-please-start-version
-#![doc(html_root_url = "https://docs.rs/toad/0.17.7")]
+#![doc(html_root_url = "https://docs.rs/toad/0.18.0")]
 // x-release-please-end
 #![cfg_attr(any(docsrs, feature = "docs"), feature(doc_cfg))]
 // -