diff --git a/docs/source/changelog.md b/docs/source/changelog.md
index 88cafb961..aa4bccb05 100644
--- a/docs/source/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/source/changelog.md
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@
 # Changelog
 
 
-## 1.8.0 (scheduled for 2022-05-09)
+## 1.8.0 (2022-05-09)
 
-- Updated PDFium from `5038` to `????`
+- Updated PDFium from `5038` to `5052`.
 - Added support model for text insertion. Special thanks to Anurag Bansal.
-- Created an `open_page()` function to avoid internal duplication. This basically is a wrapper around `FPDF_LoadPage()`, for page index validation.
-- Improved the cedits section in the Readme.
+- Created a new function `open_page()`, mainly to avoid internal duplication. This basically is a wrapper around `FPDF_LoadPage()` with page index validation.
+- Improved cedits section in the Readme.
 - Made automatic buffer closure optional for `open_pdf_buffer()`.
+- Slightly tweaked the build script.
 - Enhanced integration of markdown files into the Sphinx documentation.
 
 
diff --git a/src/pypdfium2/_version.py b/src/pypdfium2/_version.py
index 239be3f5c..5a4792ca8 100644
--- a/src/pypdfium2/_version.py
+++ b/src/pypdfium2/_version.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause
 
 V_MAJOR = 1
-V_MINOR = 7
+V_MINOR = 8
 V_PATCH = 0
 V_BETA = None
 
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
     V_PYPDFIUM2 += "b%s" % V_BETA
 
 #: PDFium library version integer (git tag)
-V_LIBPDFIUM = 5038
+V_LIBPDFIUM = 5052