diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d04c3fc3a..a4cc3fb69 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## Current Main
+## Current Main 
+
+## Release  1.8.0
 
 ### New Features
 
diff --git a/ohsome_quality_api/__init__.py b/ohsome_quality_api/__init__.py
index e1709e939..9afab6803 100644
--- a/ohsome_quality_api/__init__.py
+++ b/ohsome_quality_api/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "1.7.0"
+__version__ = "1.8.0"
 __title__ = "ohsome quality API"
 __description__ = "Data quality estimations for OpenStreetMap"
 __author__ = "ohsome team"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e057ef40d..39a816113 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "ohsome_quality_api"
-version = "1.7.0"
+version = "1.8.0"
 description = "Data quality estimations for OpenStreetMap."
 authors = ["ohsome team <ohsome@heigit.org>"]
 homepage = "https://api.quality.ohsome.org"