diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 67a26d3..ebd3ec5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+Changes in Rubber Band v1.8
+
+ * Add build support for Win32/MSVC, Android, and various libraries
+ * Add Java JNI interface
+
+The API is unchanged and the library is binary compatible with
+version 1.7.
+
 
 Changes in Rubber Band v1.7
 
diff --git a/rubberband/RubberBandStretcher.h b/rubberband/RubberBandStretcher.h
index 5c68af6..c5ad69d 100644
--- a/rubberband/RubberBandStretcher.h
+++ b/rubberband/RubberBandStretcher.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #ifndef _RUBBERBANDSTRETCHER_H_
 #define _RUBBERBANDSTRETCHER_H_
     
-#define RUBBERBAND_VERSION "1.7"
+#define RUBBERBAND_VERSION "1.8"
 #define RUBBERBAND_API_MAJOR_VERSION 2
 #define RUBBERBAND_API_MINOR_VERSION 5
 
diff --git a/rubberband/rubberband-c.h b/rubberband/rubberband-c.h
index 6113ebf..df3c906 100644
--- a/rubberband/rubberband-c.h
+++ b/rubberband/rubberband-c.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-#define RUBBERBAND_VERSION "1.7"
+#define RUBBERBAND_VERSION "1.8"
 #define RUBBERBAND_API_MAJOR_VERSION 2
 #define RUBBERBAND_API_MINOR_VERSION 5