diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8766c9a5..93e0add0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 All notable changes to the ZSS package will be documented in this file.
 
+## `2.18.0`
+- Change log level for setting default value of 'httpRequestHeapMaxBlocks' to DEBUG instead of INFO.(#719)
+
 ## `2.17.0`
 - Code to configure the SLH block size of the http server through 'httpRequestHeapMaxBlocks' in the yaml.(#701)
 
diff --git a/build/zis.proj.env b/build/zis.proj.env
index 71ec6ee7..b1bf03a7 100644
--- a/build/zis.proj.env
+++ b/build/zis.proj.env
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 PROJECT="zis"
-VERSION=2.17.0
-DYNLINK_PLUGIN_VERSION=10
+VERSION=2.18.0
+DYNLINK_PLUGIN_VERSION=11
 DEPS=""
diff --git a/build/zss.proj.env b/build/zss.proj.env
index 756da404..5140ad0d 100644
--- a/build/zss.proj.env
+++ b/build/zss.proj.env
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PROJECT="zss"
-VERSION=2.17.0
+VERSION=2.18.0
 DEPS="QUICKJS LIBYAML"
 
 QUICKJS="quickjs"
diff --git a/c/zss.c b/c/zss.c
index 50dba92b..cb81a381 100644
--- a/c/zss.c
+++ b/c/zss.c
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ static void setHttpRequestHeapMaxBlocks(HttpServer *server, ConfigManager *confi
      }
     zowelog(NULL, LOG_COMP_ID_MVD_SERVER, ZOWE_LOG_INFO, "httpHeapMaxBlocks should be between %d and %d\n",HTTP_REQUEST_HEAP_MIN_BLOCKS,HTTP_REQUEST_HEAP_MAX_BLOCKS);
   } else{
-    zowelog(NULL, LOG_COMP_ID_MVD_SERVER, ZOWE_LOG_INFO, "fallback to default server settings\n");
+    zowelog(NULL, LOG_COMP_ID_MVD_SERVER, ZOWE_LOG_DEBUG, "fallback to default server settings\n");
     maxBlocks = HTTP_REQUEST_HEAP_DEFAULT_BLOCKS;
   }
   server->config->httpRequestHeapMaxBlocks = (unsigned int)maxBlocks;
diff --git a/deps/zowe-common-c b/deps/zowe-common-c
index 7c0d765a..f58ed6d5 160000
--- a/deps/zowe-common-c
+++ b/deps/zowe-common-c
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 7c0d765ae25e12421839b15cb89736f2c04afbf9
+Subproject commit f58ed6d59fa64ada199c06d2de182b4b3ea6233e
diff --git a/manifest.template.yaml b/manifest.template.yaml
index c844992b..55b0ee45 100644
--- a/manifest.template.yaml
+++ b/manifest.template.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: zss
 # Component identifier. This identifier matches artifact path in Zowe Artifactory https://zowe.jfrog.io/.
 id: org.zowe.zss
 # Without the v
-version: 2.17.0
+version: 2.18.0
 # Component version is defined in gradle.properties for Gradle project
 # Human readable component name
 title: Zowe System Services (ZSS)