diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 890e452..5a75b19 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-18.4
+18.5
diff --git a/userspace/uv/pyproject.toml b/userspace/uv/pyproject.toml
index 3fca95e..6b374a3 100644
--- a/userspace/uv/pyproject.toml
+++ b/userspace/uv/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ dependencies = [
   "flaky",
   "matplotlib",
 
+  "libdatachannel-py>=2026.1.0.dev2",
+
   # GUIs
   "raylib @ git+https://github.com/commaai/dependencies.git@release-raylib#subdirectory=raylib",
 ]
diff --git a/userspace/uv/uv.lock b/userspace/uv/uv.lock
index f913402..a1b9d37 100644
--- a/userspace/uv/uv.lock
+++ b/userspace/uv/uv.lock
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "evdev" },
     { name = "flaky" },
     { name = "ipython" },
+    { name = "libdatachannel-py" },
     { name = "libusb1" },
     { name = "matplotlib" },
     { name = "openpilot", extra = ["testing"] },
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "evdev" },
     { name = "flaky" },
     { name = "ipython" },
+    { name = "libdatachannel-py", specifier = ">=2026.1.0.dev2" },
     { name = "libusb1", specifier = "==3.1.0" },
     { name = "matplotlib" },
     { name = "openpilot", directory = "openpilot" },
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 ]
 
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