chore(deps): bump dotenv from 16.6.1 to 18.0.0

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Bumps dotenv from 16.6.1 to 18.0.0.

Changelog

Sourced from dotenv's changelog.

18.0.0 (2026-09-17)

Added

• NEW: Dotenv now has a CLI. (#1022)

$ dotenv run -- node index.js
◇ injected env (2) from .env
Hello Dotenv

• NEW: Dotenv now has a fast parser thanks to @​homanp of superagent.sh. Pass config({ fast: true }), flag --fast, or set DOTENV_FAST=true to opt-in to ~2x faster character-scanner parser. (#1010)

$ dotenv run --fast -- node index.js
◇ injected env (2) from .env
Hello Dotenv

Changed

• Injecting message sent to stderr rather than stdout and tips removed (#1037)

Removed

• Remove tips (#1031)
• Remove skill files (#1032)
• Remove Spanish README (#1034)
• Remove .env.vault support (#1033)
• Remove preloading. Instead use cli dotenv run -- your-command (#1035)

17.4.2 (2026-04-12)

Changed

• Improved skill files - tightened up details (#1009)

17.4.1 (2026-04-05)

Changed

• Change text injecting to injected (#1005)

17.4.0 (2026-04-01)

Added

• Add skills/ folder with focused agent skills: skills/dotenv/SKILL.md (core usage) and skills/dotenvx/SKILL.md (encryption, multiple environments, variable expansion) for AI coding agent discovery via the skills.sh ecosystem (npx skills add motdotla/dotenv)

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Commits

• 2815fa8 18.0.0
• 451c6cb add spacing
• 7c7ed02 update README and changelog
• 7454f56 Merge pull request #1052 from motdotla/cli-cleanup
• f5de622 .cmd coverage
• 75289b1 changelog
• 33bd964 spawn for windows
• 2b4cc00 update changelog
• de91a69 cli cleanup
• fa8788e Merge pull request #1049 from webdevelopersrinu/fix-populate-null
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The pull request updates the dotenv dependency constraint in package.json from ^16.4.2 to ^18.0.0.

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Update dotenv version package.json	The declared dotenv dependency changes from ^16.4.2 to ^18.0.0.

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