diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml b/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml
index 48225d242..6c18a2770 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -66,6 +66,17 @@ stages:
               test: 'devel/sanity/extra'
             - name: Units
               test: 'devel/units/1'
+  - stage: Ansible_2_18
+    displayName: Sanity & Units 2.18
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          targets:
+            - name: Sanity
+              test: '2.18/sanity/1'
+            - name: Units
+              test: '2.18/units/1'
   - stage: Ansible_2_17
     displayName: Sanity & Units 2.17
     dependsOn: []
@@ -121,6 +132,20 @@ stages:
             - 4
             - 5
             # - 6  -- some images no longer work with docker-compose v1
+  - stage: Docker_2_18
+    displayName: Docker 2.18
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: 2.18/linux/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: Ubuntu 22.04
+              test: ubuntu2204
+          groups:
+            - 4
+            - 5
+            # - 6  -- some images no longer work with docker-compose v1
   - stage: Docker_2_17
     displayName: Docker 2.17
     dependsOn: []
@@ -214,6 +239,23 @@ stages:
             - 4
             - 5
             # - 6  -- Docker 26 no longer works with docker-compose v1
+  - stage: Remote_2_18
+    displayName: Remote 2.18
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: 2.18/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: RHEL 9.4
+              test: rhel/9.4
+          groups:
+            - 1
+            - 2
+            - 3
+            - 4
+            - 5
+            # - 6  -- Docker 26 no longer works with docker-compose v1
   - stage: Remote_2_17
     displayName: Remote 2.17
     dependsOn: []
@@ -277,14 +319,17 @@ stages:
     condition: succeededOrFailed()
     dependsOn:
       - Ansible_devel
+      - Ansible_2_18
       - Ansible_2_17
       - Ansible_2_16
       - Ansible_2_15
       - Remote_devel
+      - Remote_2_18
       - Remote_2_17
       - Remote_2_16
       - Remote_2_15
       - Docker_devel
+      - Docker_2_18
       - Docker_2_17
       - Docker_2_16
       - Docker_2_15
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 02cc445f3..6ac0e5451 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ For more information about communication, see the [Ansible communication guide](
 
 ## Tested with Ansible
 
-Tested with the current ansible-core 2.11, ansible-core 2.12, ansible-core 2.13, ansible-core 2.14, ansible-core 2.15, ansible-core 2.16, and ansible-core 2.17 releases, and the current development version of ansible-core. Ansible/ansible-base versions before 2.11.0 are not supported.
+Tested with the current ansible-core 2.11, ansible-core 2.12, ansible-core 2.13, ansible-core 2.14, ansible-core 2.15, ansible-core 2.16, ansible-core 2.17, and ansible-core 2.18 releases, and the current development version of ansible-core. Ansible/ansible-base versions before 2.11.0 are not supported.
 
 Please note that Ansible 2.9 and ansible-base 2.10 are no longer supported. If you need to use them, use community.docker 2.x.y. Also note that this collection does not work with ansible-core 2.11 (this includes ansible-base and Ansible 2.9) on Python 3.12+.
 
diff --git a/tests/sanity/ignore-2.19.txt b/tests/sanity/ignore-2.19.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f1974bd5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/sanity/ignore-2.19.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+plugins/modules/docker_container_copy_into.py validate-modules:undocumented-parameter # _max_file_size_for_diff is used by the action plugin
+plugins/module_utils/_api/api/client.py pylint:use-yield-from  # suggested construct does not work with Python 2
+plugins/module_utils/_api/utils/build.py pylint:use-yield-from  # suggested construct does not work with Python 2
+tests/unit/plugins/module_utils/test_copy.py pylint:use-yield-from  # suggested construct does not work with Python 2
diff --git a/tests/sanity/ignore-2.19.txt.license b/tests/sanity/ignore-2.19.txt.license
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..edff8c768
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/sanity/ignore-2.19.txt.license
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Ansible Project