diff --git a/.changes/1.1.8.md b/.changes/1.1.8.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b8e7f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/1.1.8.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+## 1.1.8 - 2025-01-08
+### Changed
+* more string dumping improvements including canonicalization by default and dynamic determination of flow style based on line breaks or len vs config width
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eccc541..a1a1ba3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html),
 and is generated by [Changie](https://github.com/miniscruff/changie).
 
 
+## 1.1.8 - 2025-01-08
+### Changed
+* more string dumping improvements including canonicalization by default and dynamic determination of flow style based on line breaks or len vs config width
+
 ## 1.1.7 - 2025-01-05
 ### Added
 * better default str dumping for multiline strings in dbt yamls
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e9c251f..78ee468 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "dbt-osmosis"
-version = "1.1.7"
+version = "1.1.8"
 description = "A dbt utility for managing YAML to make developing with dbt more delightful."
 readme = "README.md"
 license = { text = "Apache-2.0" }