diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 87d7a23..2b62427 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ All notable changes to VecGrep are documented here.
 
 ---
 
-## [Unreleased]
+## [1.8.0] — 2026-05-19
 
 ### Added
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8556a03..60d363d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "vecgrep"
-version = "1.7.0"
+version = "1.8.0"
 description = "Cursor-style vector search MCP plugin for Claude Code"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = { text = "MIT" }