diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a89e721..4b13752 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+v1.8.0 - 2018-03-01
+-------------------
+
 v1.7.2 - 2018-02-07
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/source/dub/version_.d b/source/dub/version_.d
index 8726c14..09e0407 100644
--- a/source/dub/version_.d
+++ b/source/dub/version_.d
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 module dub.version_;
-enum dubVersion = "v1.7.2";
+enum dubVersion = "v1.8.0-beta.1";