What's Changed
* Update release.rst by jhamman in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/1850
* Group dependabot updates by jhamman in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/1854
* chore: update pre-commit hooks by pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/1876
* Fix a regression with scalar indexing due to 1800 by dcherian in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/1875
* release notes for 2.18.1 by jhamman in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/1885
**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/compare/v2.18.0...v2.18.1