diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 405ed78..812c0fc 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Release 1.1.8 (2023-08-14)
+==========================
+
+* Use ``os.PathLike`` over ``pathlib.Path``
+
 Release 1.1.7 (2023-08-09)
 ==========================
 
diff --git a/sphinxcontrib/serializinghtml/__init__.py b/sphinxcontrib/serializinghtml/__init__.py
index 26a5386..99b6fb9 100644
--- a/sphinxcontrib/serializinghtml/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinxcontrib/serializinghtml/__init__.py
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 
 from sphinxcontrib.serializinghtml import jsonimpl
 
-__version__ = '1.1.7'
-__version_info__ = (1, 1, 7)
+__version__ = '1.1.8'
+__version_info__ = (1, 1, 8)
 
 package_dir = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))