diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 61ca923..583293d 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: glue
 Title: Interpreted String Literals
-Version: 1.7.0.9000
+Version: 1.8.0
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Jim", "Hester", role = "aut",
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-2739-7082")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# glue (development version)
+# glue 1.8.0
 
 * glue has a two new articles:
   - "Get started", with contributions from @stephhazlitt and @BrennanAntone