diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index ef540ca49b41..0ff24db5c698 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@
   "google-cloud-memcache+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-memcache-v1": "2.6.1",
   "google-cloud-memcache-v1+FILLER": "0.0.0",
-  "google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2": "0.18.1",
+  "google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2": "0.18.2",
   "google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-memorystore": "1.2.2",
   "google-cloud-memorystore+FILLER": "0.0.0",
diff --git a/google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2/CHANGELOG.md b/google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2/CHANGELOG.md
index 816bdf8c7136..8f5821b002f7 100644
--- a/google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Release History
 
+### 0.18.2 (2026-09-01)
+
+#### Bug Fixes
+
+* onboarding libraries to Librarian / location mixin workarounds ([#36484](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-ruby/issues/36484)) 
+
 ### 0.18.1 (2026-08-05)
 
 #### Bug Fixes
diff --git a/google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2/lib/google/cloud/memcache/v1beta2/version.rb b/google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2/lib/google/cloud/memcache/v1beta2/version.rb
index 5544cbc118bf..4be0480d3641 100644
--- a/google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2/lib/google/cloud/memcache/v1beta2/version.rb
+++ b/google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2/lib/google/cloud/memcache/v1beta2/version.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ module Google
   module Cloud
     module Memcache
       module V1beta2
-        VERSION = "0.18.1"
+        VERSION = "0.18.2"
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.memcache.v1beta2.json b/google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.memcache.v1beta2.json
index 21f30786b51b..efc33dd8643a 100644
--- a/google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.memcache.v1beta2.json
+++ b/google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.memcache.v1beta2.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "client_library": {
     "name": "google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2",
-    "version": "0.18.1",
+    "version": "0.18.2",
     "language": "RUBY",
     "apis": [
       {
diff --git a/librarian.yaml b/librarian.yaml
index e4ff34413b7f..1bea661e1dd3 100644
--- a/librarian.yaml
+++ b/librarian.yaml
@@ -2187,7 +2187,7 @@ libraries:
           ruby_cloud_opts:
             ruby-cloud-env-prefix: MEMCACHE
   - name: google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2
-    version: 0.18.1
+    version: 0.18.2
     apis:
       - path: google/cloud/memcache/v1beta2
         ruby: