diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bb00587284..afc8e8a253 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## v1.8.0-rc.0 / 2019-09-10
+
+* [FEATURE] Add `kube_node_role` metric. #877
+* [FEATURE] Introduce sharding (and experimental auto-sharding). #613
+* [FEATURE] Add kube_pod_status_unschedulable metric. #835
+* [ENHANCEMENT] Add metrics about kube-state-metric's interaction with the Kubernetes API. #866
+
 ## v1.7.2 / 2019-08-05
 
 * [CHANGE] Revert "add `kube_*_annotations metrics` for all objects" #859
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3c3fac444d..fd90c641f3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ At most, 5 kube-state-metrics and 5 [kubernetes releases](https://github.com/kub
 
 | kube-state-metrics | client-go  | **Kubernetes 1.11** | **Kubernetes 1.12** | **Kubernetes 1.13** | **Kubernetes 1.14** |  **Kubernetes 1.15** |
 |--------------------|------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
-| **v1.3.1**         |  v6.0.0    |         ✓           |         ✓           |         -           |         -           |          -           |
 | **v1.4.0**         |  v8.0.0    |         ✓           |         ✓           |         -           |         -           |          -           |
 | **v1.5.0**         |  v8.0.0    |         ✓           |         ✓           |         -           |         -           |          -           |
 | **v1.6.0**         |  v11.0.0   |         ✓           |         ✓           |         ✓           |         ✓           |          -           |
 | **v1.7.2**         |  v12.0.0   |         ✓           |         ✓           |         ✓           |         ✓           |          ✓           |
+| **v1.8.0-rc.0**    |  v12.0.0   |         ✓           |         ✓           |         ✓           |         ✓           |          ✓           |
 | **master**         |  v12.0.0   |         ✓           |         ✓           |         ✓           |         ✓           |          ✓           |
 - `✓` Fully supported version range.
 - `-` The Kubernetes cluster has features the client-go library can't use (additional API objects, etc).
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index f8a696c8dc..8039840a03 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.7.2
+1.8.0-rc.0