diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 88519c2a..2ebc2a0a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-05-16  Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>
+
+	* Released 1.8
+
 2007-05-15  Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>
 
 	* Add needed g_thread_init() to fix rare crashes.  Reported by
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index fd0d9f85..da623773 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+What is new in 1.8
+------------------
+
+* Bug fixes
+
 What is new in 1.7
 ------------------
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 01dfc4ee..574377df 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT(sshfs-fuse, 1.7)
+AC_INIT(sshfs-fuse, 1.8)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)