diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 0e7414e785025c3291e9eeaf2651cce4c15ff454..2df8db9ae19a869f38b9012ab4ad6d9b343f7bd6 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.18] - 2024-10-01
+-  Use solo pool for Celery workers
+
+## [2.17] - 2024-09-30
+- NOTHING IS HERE (JENKINS ISSUE)
+
+## [2.16] - 2024-09-30
+- NOTHING IS HERE (JENKINS ISSUE)
+
 ## [2.15] - 2024-09-30
 - Show current license usage when updating Kentik license of a router
 - Fix the bug of clearing all the AE members and creating new objects instead of updating it.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1f0bce54aebf23ed654f9d09e22fbbccc0aae4d6..569ae33fda96e4dd727cfbf89ef3cb03488d4847 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
 setup(
     name="geant-service-orchestrator",
-    version="2.17",
+    version="2.18",
     author="GÉANT Orchestration and Automation Team",
     author_email="goat@geant.org",
     description="GÉANT Service Orchestrator",
diff --git a/start-worker.sh b/start-worker.sh
index cccd84bff48ebc3e7392e15847e8f898c5120ffb..92cd6304d95db2a697ca1b77e4e705c5b9350b1a 100755
--- a/start-worker.sh
+++ b/start-worker.sh
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 
 cd /app
-python -m celery -A gso.worker worker --loglevel=info --concurrency=1
+python -m celery -A gso.worker worker --loglevel=info --concurrency=1 --pool=solo