diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b4f9916..2aac7ea 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## [1.7.1] - - Placeholder for next release
+## [1.8.0] - 2023-11-22 Updated packaging
 
-### Added
-
-### Changed
+Updated the packaging to follow PEP621 guidelines
 
-### Removed
+Also
 
+- Added do forlet to fea extensions
+- Updates to MacOS preflight support
 
 ## [1.7.0] - 2023-09-27 Maintenance Release - general updates
 
diff --git a/src/silfont/__init__.py b/src/silfont/__init__.py
index a6e5809..71638fe 100644
--- a/src/silfont/__init__.py
+++ b/src/silfont/__init__.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 __url__ = 'https://github.com/silnrsi/pysilfont'
 __copyright__ = 'Copyright (c) 2014-2023 SIL International (https://www.sil.org)'
 __license__ = 'Released under the MIT License (https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)'
-__version__ = '1.7.1.dev1'
+__version__ = '1.8.0'