diff --git a/AUTHORS.rst b/AUTHORS.rst
index c76a3f24e..d006085e4 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.rst
+++ b/AUTHORS.rst
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ Authors::
   Michael Jones
   Bernardo Heynemann
   Brodie Rao
+  Iliyas Jorio
   John Szakmeister
   Nabijacz Leweli
   Simon Cozens
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ Authors::
   Assaf Nativ
   Bob Carroll
   Erik Johnson
+  Filip Rindler
   Fraser Tweedale
   Grégoire ROCHER
   Han-Wen Nienhuys
@@ -88,7 +90,6 @@ Authors::
   Huang Huang
   Ian P. McCullough
   Igor Gnatenko
-  Iliyas Jorio
   Insomnia
   Jack O'Connor
   Jared Flatow
@@ -192,4 +193,3 @@ Authors::
   chengyuhang
   earl
   odidev
-  Filip Rindler
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index e79492696..bb8d4f2cb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-1.8.0 (UNRELEASED)
+1.8.0 (2022-02-04)
 -------------------------
 
-- Rename ``RemoteCallbacks.progress`` callback to ``.sideband_progress``
+- Rename ``RemoteCallbacks.progress(...)`` callback to ``.sideband_progress(...)``
   `#1120 <https://github.com/libgit2/pygit2/pull/1120>`_
 
-- New ``Repository.merge_base_many`` and ``Repository.merge_base_octopus``
+- New ``Repository.merge_base_many(...)`` and ``Repository.merge_base_octopus(...)``
   `#1112 <https://github.com/libgit2/pygit2/pull/1112>`_
 
-- New ``Repository.listall_stashes``
+- New ``Repository.listall_stashes()``
   `#1117 <https://github.com/libgit2/pygit2/pull/1117>`_
 
 - Code cleanup
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
 
 Backward incompatible changes:
 
-- The ``RemoteCallbacks.progress`` callback has been renamed to
-  ``RemoteCallbacks.sideband_progress``. This matches the documentation, but
-  may break existing code that still uses the old name.
+- The ``RemoteCallbacks.progress(...)`` callback has been renamed to
+  ``RemoteCallbacks.sideband_progress(...)``. This matches the documentation,
+  but may break existing code that still uses the old name.
 
 
 1.7.2 (2021-12-06)
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 1af322aa3..d4363865b 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #author = ''
 
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = '1.7.2'
+release = '1.8.0'
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/docs/install.rst b/docs/install.rst
index 13806d92a..3dfae80ac 100644
--- a/docs/install.rst
+++ b/docs/install.rst
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ The version number of pygit2 is composed of three numbers separated by dots
 |lq| *major.medium.minor* |rq|:
 
 - *major* will always be 1 (until we release 2.0 in a far undefined future)
-- *medium* will increase whenever we make breaking changes, or add new features, or
-  upgrade to new versions of libgit2.
+- *medium* will increase whenever we make breaking changes, or upgrade to new
+  versions of libgit2.
 - *minor* will increase for bug fixes.
 
 The table below summarizes the latest pygit2 versions with the supported versions
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ of Python and the required libgit2 version.
 +-----------+----------------+----------------+
 | pygit2    | Python         | libgit2        |
 +-----------+----------------+----------------+
-| 1.7       | 3.7 - 3.10     | 1.3.x          |
+| 1.7 - 1.8 | 3.7 - 3.10     | 1.3.x          |
 +-----------+----------------+----------------+
 | 1.4 - 1.6 | 3.6 - 3.9      | 1.1.x          |
 +-----------+----------------+----------------+
diff --git a/pygit2/_build.py b/pygit2/_build.py
index 72a12f39a..3ed429c75 100644
--- a/pygit2/_build.py
+++ b/pygit2/_build.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #
 # The version number of pygit2
 #
-__version__ = '1.7.2'
+__version__ = '1.8.0'
 
 
 #