diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 64e0684f..099626f4 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.7.0"
+  ".": "1.8.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2b6b6165..2fada028 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.8.0](https://github.com/gerfru/PulseBase/compare/v1.7.0...v1.8.0) (2026-09-28)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* persist daily insights jobs ([#341](https://github.com/gerfru/PulseBase/issues/341)) ([218e10a](https://github.com/gerfru/PulseBase/commit/218e10a0ed22f4daca3ccfb1192fe14d4bc8d2f0))
+* schedule daily insights at 05:00 Europe/Vienna ([#340](https://github.com/gerfru/PulseBase/issues/340)) ([fb813d8](https://github.com/gerfru/PulseBase/commit/fb813d8ae5aadc6a72d3e6efd86e46a65e9abbfc))
+* unify insights into a single report ([#342](https://github.com/gerfru/PulseBase/issues/342)) ([1d596d6](https://github.com/gerfru/PulseBase/commit/1d596d68c00925c12d5039670468a8b7a7606c52))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* harden Garmin linking and full sync ([#331](https://github.com/gerfru/PulseBase/issues/331)) ([0d0015d](https://github.com/gerfru/PulseBase/commit/0d0015d0feeb181351e7fb7a777c07aa67d258f0))
+
 ## [1.7.0](https://github.com/gerfru/PulseBase/compare/v1.6.2...v1.7.0) (2026-08-28)
 
 
diff --git a/api/pyproject.toml b/api/pyproject.toml
index 972e082d..d599a6d0 100644
--- a/api/pyproject.toml
+++ b/api/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "pulsebase-api"
-version = "1.7.0"
+version = "1.8.0"
 requires-python = ">=3.12"
 
 dependencies = [
diff --git a/ml-service/pyproject.toml b/ml-service/pyproject.toml
index 4b2b137f..550a1b03 100644
--- a/ml-service/pyproject.toml
+++ b/ml-service/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "pulsebase-ml"
-version = "1.7.0"
+version = "1.8.0"
 requires-python = ">=3.12"
 
 dependencies = [
diff --git a/sync-service/pyproject.toml b/sync-service/pyproject.toml
index bcadeea9..d3494bdf 100644
--- a/sync-service/pyproject.toml
+++ b/sync-service/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "pulsebase-sync"
-version = "1.7.0"
+version = "1.8.0"
 requires-python = ">=3.12"
 
 dependencies = [
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index bd8bf882..27f9cd32 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.7.0
+1.8.0