diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Release notes
 
-## 1.7.1 -- 2020-06-25
+## 1.8.0 -- 2020-06-25
 
 The 1.16.0 nether upgrade surprisingly didn't break my shaders too
 much so this is only a small fix and an improvement.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9290f8c..2329dbe 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
 AC_INIT([Natural Mystic Shaders],
-        [1.7.1],
+        [1.8.0],
         [https://github.com/depressed-pho/natural-mystic-shaders/issues],
         [],
         [https://github.com/depressed-pho/natural-mystic-shaders])