diff --git a/Geo.php b/Geo.php
index 56ca247..d49bdaa 100644
--- a/Geo.php
+++ b/Geo.php
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 	return 1;
 }
 
-define( 'DATAVALUES_GEO_VERSION', '1.1.7' );
+define( 'DATAVALUES_GEO_VERSION', '1.1.8' );
 
 if ( defined( 'MEDIAWIKI' ) ) {
 	$GLOBALS['wgExtensionCredits']['datavalues'][] = array(
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9269199..e0f293a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@ It is based upon and contains a lot of code written by [Jeroen De Dauw]
 
 ## Release notes
 
+### 1.1.8 (2016-10-12)
+
+* Fixed an IEEE issue in `GeoCoordinateFormatter`
+* Fixed a PHP 7.1 compatibility issue in a test
+
 ### 1.1.7 (2016-05-25)
 
 * Made minor documentation improvements