diff --git a/docs/_releasenotes/2068.change.rook-ceph-updated-to-v1.18.0 b/docs/_releasenotes/2068.change.rook-ceph-updated-to-v1.18.0
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f997dd01cc7f73b7bfa0b16b890b767f238454df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/_releasenotes/2068.change.rook-ceph-updated-to-v1.18.0
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Updated default version of helm chart rook-ceph of https://github.com/rook/rook from v1.17.8 to v1.18.0
diff --git a/docs/user/reference/options/yk8s.k8s-service-layer.rook.rst b/docs/user/reference/options/yk8s.k8s-service-layer.rook.rst
index 430437c3c70bcfffa9cba805167e95abaea41058..858bbd67459cabfc36a78051ffac513d5ec584db 100644
--- a/docs/user/reference/options/yk8s.k8s-service-layer.rook.rst
+++ b/docs/user/reference/options/yk8s.k8s-service-layer.rook.rst
@@ -1850,7 +1850,7 @@ If the version shall be unpinned, set to: ``null``.
 
 **Default:**::
 
-  "v1.17.8"
+  "v1.18.0"
 
 
 **Example:**::
diff --git a/nix/yk8s/k8s-supplements/rook.nix b/nix/yk8s/k8s-supplements/rook.nix
index 9acea8d080e2e24266e708205754950093aae440..4a2c14d7fc148edf021d42c3de77ba31abd316e4 100644
--- a/nix/yk8s/k8s-supplements/rook.nix
+++ b/nix/yk8s/k8s-supplements/rook.nix
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ in {
 
     version = mkHelmChartVersionOption {
       # renovate: datasource=helm depName=rook-ceph registryUrl=https://charts.rook.io/release
-      default = "v1.17.8";
+      default = "v1.18.0";
     };
 
     dashboard = mkEnableOption ''