diff --git a/.changeset/slick-cobras-joke.md b/.changeset/slick-cobras-joke.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..947a1aa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/slick-cobras-joke.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@cartesi/sdk": minor
+---
+
+bump machine-emulator to v0.22.0
diff --git a/.changeset/slimy-tigers-dream.md b/.changeset/slimy-tigers-dream.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..193e184a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/slimy-tigers-dream.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@cartesi/sdk": minor
+---
+
+bump kernel to v6.18.56-ctsi-1
diff --git a/.changeset/solid-cups-smell.md b/.changeset/solid-cups-smell.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3cb6d5e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/solid-cups-smell.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@cartesi/sdk": patch
+---
+
+bump dave to v3.0.0-alpha.6
diff --git a/.changeset/yellow-sides-give.md b/.changeset/yellow-sides-give.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..56e6f8c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/yellow-sides-give.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@cartesi/sdk": patch
+---
+
+bump PostgreSQL to v18
diff --git a/packages/sdk/Dockerfile b/packages/sdk/Dockerfile
index 72af7b36..dd875daf 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/sdk/Dockerfile
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ RUN <<EOF
 mkdir -p /opt/devnet
 curl -fsSL https://github.com/cartesi/dave/releases/download/v${CARTESI_PRT_VERSION}/cartesi-rollups-prt-${CARTESI_PRT_VERSION}-anvil-${FOUNDRY_VERSION}.tar.gz \
   -o /tmp/prt-anvil.tar.gz
-echo "7e6b6a402b5e384fd6aa56387726cf4cc08783b6350b1c16a71a2e6ff454e583 /tmp/prt-anvil.tar.gz" | sha256sum --check
+echo "62500dc3558fbb1f289d99584cd8989d7b42d0c0e7e7a13b8f2d309746e9163e /tmp/prt-anvil.tar.gz" | sha256sum --check
 tar -xzO -f /tmp/prt-anvil.tar.gz state.json > /opt/devnet/anvil_state.json
 rm /tmp/prt-anvil.tar.gz
 echo ${CARTESI_PRT_VERSION} > /opt/devnet/PRT_VERSION
@@ -160,11 +160,11 @@ ARG CARTESI_PRT_VERSION
 ARG TARGETARCH
 WORKDIR /tmp
 RUN <<EOF
-curl -fsSL https://github.com/cartesi/dave/releases/download/v${CARTESI_PRT_VERSION}/cartesi-rollups-prt-${CARTESI_PRT_VERSION}-node-${TARGETARCH}.tar.gz \
+curl -fsSL https://github.com/cartesi/dave/releases/download/v${CARTESI_PRT_VERSION}/cartesi-sling-node-${CARTESI_PRT_VERSION}-${TARGETARCH}.tar.gz \
     -o ./sling-node.tar.gz;
 case "${TARGETARCH}" in
-    amd64) echo "a69beb8a96aad4eb0e7be1ac492bc6e3e312cbc105456403b14d2889c8364f68 /tmp/sling-node.tar.gz" | sha256sum --check ;;
-    arm64) echo "c19e932f6b4ac1039af8b0fac2355268397e31cae6302809cad50221d9058cba /tmp/sling-node.tar.gz" | sha256sum --check ;;
+    amd64) echo "25c04e29a1c3da2dec1cfc02413cae053b6093fe40c264348aeac69b680a0757 /tmp/sling-node.tar.gz" | sha256sum --check ;;
+    arm64) echo "a15c5df6679186f39c6e634815ecd47d696a947ad0ce66cf1f23b44d81d70b1a /tmp/sling-node.tar.gz" | sha256sum --check ;;
     *) echo "unsupported architecture: ${TARGETARCH}"; exit 1 ;;
 esac
 tar -xvzf /tmp/sling-node.tar.gz -C /usr/local/bin
@@ -207,8 +207,8 @@ RUN <<EOF
 curl -fsSL https://github.com/cartesi/machine-emulator/releases/download/v${CARTESI_MACHINE_EMULATOR_VERSION}/machine-emulator_${TARGETARCH}.deb \
     -o /tmp/machine-emulator.deb
 case "${TARGETARCH}" in
-    amd64) echo "5f13034f43454c340062c677146daabe77c587cee1bd60342c95b8ad8f1463a3  /tmp/machine-emulator.deb" | sha256sum --check ;;
-    arm64) echo "866f0bde2db53b9b8e6a6eac85e5ad4116338379fa25cdfcc5e4bf835f948bb1  /tmp/machine-emulator.deb" | sha256sum --check ;;
+    amd64) echo "906ae4cd0524ef254ea9a83712e6ad353c36123acae21628fb93c1c47955429a  /tmp/machine-emulator.deb" | sha256sum --check ;;
+    arm64) echo "212710b5ad74e469368cd5f54b006eebde1e8620833acca5be9a845cf74ab2cc  /tmp/machine-emulator.deb" | sha256sum --check ;;
     *) echo "unsupported architecture: ${TARGETARCH}"; exit 1 ;;
 esac
 apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends /tmp/machine-emulator.deb
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ COPY --from=nitro /usr/local/src/nitro /usr/local/bin/
 COPY --from=nitro /usr/local/src/nitroctl /usr/local/bin/
 COPY --from=tini /usr/local/bin/tini /usr/local/bin/
 COPY --from=telegraf /usr/local/bin/telegraf /usr/local/bin/
-COPY --from=sling-node --chmod=755 /usr/local/bin/cartesi-rollups-prt-node /usr/local/bin/cartesi-rollups-prt-node
+COPY --from=sling-node --chmod=755 /usr/local/bin/cartesi-sling-node /usr/local/bin/cartesi-sling-node
 
 COPY skel/ /
 RUN <<EOF
@@ -285,7 +285,9 @@ RUN /usr/local/bin/docker-ensure-initdb.sh postgres
 ################################################################################
 # rollups-database image
 FROM ${POSTGRES_BASE_IMAGE} AS rollups-database
-COPY --from=postgresql-initdb /var/lib/postgresql/data /var/lib/postgresql/data
+# postgres 18+ keeps PGDATA at /var/lib/postgresql/<major>/docker (not .../data),
+# so copy the whole VOLUME directory; the final stage shares the same default PGDATA
+COPY --from=postgresql-initdb /var/lib/postgresql /var/lib/postgresql
 
 ################################################################################
 # alto build
@@ -314,21 +316,19 @@ EOF
 ################################################################################
 # linux kernel image stage
 FROM scratch AS kernel-image
-ARG CARTESI_IMAGE_KERNEL_VERSION
 ARG CARTESI_LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION
 
-ADD --checksum=sha256:5c900060da2db2bfa84cd39cd9cd722988c83c42225f3cac55f2d3157e48f32f \
-  https://github.com/cartesi/image-kernel/releases/download/v${CARTESI_IMAGE_KERNEL_VERSION}/linux-${CARTESI_LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION}.bin \
+ADD --checksum=sha256:ad12ad141e639fb7b8ce0477dfbb7aa7a4d178222b06e0ce9b335a1c5230f0e1 \
+  https://github.com/cartesi/linux/releases/download/v${CARTESI_LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION}/linux-${CARTESI_LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION}.bin \
   /usr/share/cartesi-machine/images/linux.bin
 
 ################################################################################
 # linux headers stage
 FROM base AS kernel-headers
-ARG CARTESI_IMAGE_KERNEL_VERSION
 ARG CARTESI_LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION
 
-ADD --checksum=sha256:e3f140a8632fcfb18218e7aea32a7d002124d3dce5ba8121ae061ab7f40a6cf4 \
-  https://github.com/cartesi/image-kernel/releases/download/v${CARTESI_IMAGE_KERNEL_VERSION}/linux-headers-${CARTESI_LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION}.tar.xz \
+ADD --checksum=sha256:0c6ef54c47e50502a00f6d3785be1f797f74c8bc2f0b3bc0f22bc26017569aa1 \
+  https://github.com/cartesi/linux/releases/download/v${CARTESI_LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION}/linux-headers-${CARTESI_LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION}.tar.xz \
   /tmp/linux-headers-${CARTESI_LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION}.tar.xz
 RUN tar -xJf "/tmp/linux-headers-${CARTESI_LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION}.tar.xz" -C /
 
diff --git a/packages/sdk/docker-bake.hcl b/packages/sdk/docker-bake.hcl
index d5bcaa8a..feb3343b 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/docker-bake.hcl
+++ b/packages/sdk/docker-bake.hcl
@@ -9,18 +9,17 @@ target "default" {
     ALTO_VERSION                      = "1.2.7"
     ALTO_PACKAGE_VERSION              = "0.0.20"
     CARTESI_BASE_IMAGE                = "docker.io/library/debian:trixie-20260918@sha256:9cc080028c43b27d2074d63a5f9caf7166d731494965616c1a6d2827a004585c"
-    CARTESI_IMAGE_KERNEL_VERSION      = "0.21.0"
-    CARTESI_LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION      = "6.5.13-ctsi-2-v0.21.0"
-    CARTESI_MACHINE_EMULATOR_VERSION  = "0.21.0"
+    CARTESI_LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION      = "6.18.56-ctsi-1"
+    CARTESI_MACHINE_EMULATOR_VERSION  = "0.22.0"
     CARTESI_PASSKEY_SERVER_VERSION    = "1.0.1"
     CARTESI_PAYMASTER_VERSION         = "0.2.0"
-    CARTESI_PRT_VERSION               = "3.0.0-alpha.5"
+    CARTESI_PRT_VERSION               = "3.0.0-alpha.6"
     CARTESI_ROLLUPS_NODE_VERSION      = "2.0.0-alpha.13"
     FOUNDRY_VERSION                   = "1.5.1"
     NITRO_VERSION                     = "c937fa4fd202074dd250086ebd92de6884968b84" # v0.8.1
     NODE_VERSION                      = "24.14.0"
     NVM_VERSION                       = "977563e97ddc66facf3a8e31c6cff01d236f09bd" # 0.40.3
-    POSTGRES_BASE_IMAGE               = "docker.io/library/postgres:17-trixie@sha256:d74eeac9a635390a49bc21bd49fccd973de707e2a53a76ac49b552b8712ec46f"
+    POSTGRES_BASE_IMAGE               = "docker.io/library/postgres:18-trixie@sha256:74935e72241653ca55e0414067e6d8763aceb8a810eb51b452253ec3dcfc4336"
     SQUASHFS_TOOLS_VERSION            = "bad1d213ab6df587d6fa0ef7286180fbf7b86167" # 4.7.4
     SU_EXEC_VERSION                   = "0.3"
     TELEGRAF_VERSION                  = "1.38.0"