diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index d6ce0c5..72dd123 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ History
 master
 ^^^^^^
 
+1.8.0
+^^^^^
+
 - Broadcast WM_SETTINGCHANGE on Windows
 - Drop Python 2.7 & 3.6
 
diff --git a/userpath/__init__.py b/userpath/__init__.py
index 8eaab3f..ca1fe8d 100644
--- a/userpath/__init__.py
+++ b/userpath/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 from .core import append, in_new_path, need_shell_restart, prepend
 from .utils import in_current_path
 
-__version__ = '1.7.0'
+__version__ = '1.8.0'