# Jotai v2.18.0

- Product: Jotai (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/jotai)
- Vendor: Poimandres
- Date: 2026-02-19
- Version: v2.18.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/pmndrs/jotai/releases/tag/v2.18.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/jotai/releases/v2.18.0

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- **deprecated** — Deprecate jotai/babel in favor of jotai-babel
- **fixed** — Keep reactivity if get is called in a different atom
- **changed** — Simplify promise handling

We moved `jotai/babel` to `jotai-babel`.

##### Migration Guide

If you use the preset:

```diff
  {
-   "presets": ["jotai/babel/preset"]
+   "presets": ["jotai-babel/preset"]
  }
```

If you use a plugin:

```diff
  {
-   "plugins": ["jotai/babel/plugin-debug-label"]
+   "plugins": ["jotai-babel/plugin-debug-label"]
  }
```

##### What's Changed
* refactor(internals): simplify promise handing by @dai-shi in https://github.com/pmndrs/jotai/pull/3232
* feat: deprecate jotai/babel in favor of jotai-babel by @dai-shi in https://github.com/pmndrs/jotai/pull/3236
* fix: keep reactivity if get is called in a different atom by @dai-shi in https://github.com/pmndrs/jotai/pull/3241

##### New Contributors
* @pavan-sh made their first contribution in https://github.com/pmndrs/jotai/pull/3238

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/pmndrs/jotai/compare/v2.17.1...v2.18.0