diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 42302029..ae7fde25 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+<a name="1.8.0"></a>
+# [1.8.0](https://github.com/ajgon/opsworks_ruby/compare/v1.7.1...v1.8.0) (2017-10-23)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* moved all pid-related files from shared/pids to /run/lock ([bc9daf0](https://github.com/ajgon/opsworks_ruby/commit/bc9daf0)), closes [#92](https://github.com/ajgon/opsworks_ruby/issues/92)
+* **db:** Respect database port provided by RDS ([#124](https://github.com/ajgon/opsworks_ruby/issues/124)) ([7aeb78e](https://github.com/ajgon/opsworks_ruby/commit/7aeb78e)), closes [#123](https://github.com/ajgon/opsworks_ruby/issues/123)
+* **logrotate:** remove duplicate log entry in config file generated from webserver service install ([eabf207](https://github.com/ajgon/opsworks_ruby/commit/eabf207))
+* **worker:** quiet_sidekiq now uses sidekiqctl instead of kill -USR1 which is deprectaed ([1e9e32b](https://github.com/ajgon/opsworks_ruby/commit/1e9e32b)), closes [#93](https://github.com/ajgon/opsworks_ruby/issues/93)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **scm:** Support configurable location of git_ssh_wrapper ([#121](https://github.com/ajgon/opsworks_ruby/issues/121)) ([de153bf](https://github.com/ajgon/opsworks_ruby/commit/de153bf)), closes [#120](https://github.com/ajgon/opsworks_ruby/issues/120)
+
+
+
 <a name="1.7.1"></a>
 ## [1.7.1](https://github.com/ajgon/opsworks_ruby/compare/v1.7.0...v1.7.1) (2017-09-22)
 
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index a940f0bf..e6ca44ae 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = u'1.7.1'
+version = u'1.8.0'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = u'1.7.1'
+release = u'1.8.0'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index 2f5abe0c..9e3091f4 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 license 'MIT'
 description 'Set of chef recipes for OpsWorks based Ruby projects'
 long_description IO.read(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'README.md'))
-version '1.7.1'
+version '1.8.0'
 chef_version '~> 12.0' if respond_to?(:chef_version)
 
 depends 'deployer'
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 74ddcc60..92ae3de1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "opsworks_ruby",
-  "version": "1.7.1",
+  "version": "1.8.0",
   "description": "Set of chef recipes for OpsWorks based Ruby projects.",
   "dependencies": {},
   "devDependencies": {