diff --git a/conf/quads.yml b/conf/quads.yml
index 1c8344ec3..52d164c7e 100644
--- a/conf/quads.yml
+++ b/conf/quads.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ data_dir: .
 # display name for QUADS email notifications
 mail_display_name: "QUADS Scheduler"
 # set header for User-Agent:
-mail_user_agent: "Rufus Postman 1.1.6"
+mail_user_agent: "Rufus Postman 1.1.8"
 domain: example.com
 log: /opt/quads/log/quads.log
 quads_base_url: http://127.0.0.1:8080/
diff --git a/quads/config.py b/quads/config.py
index e4fe98b9b..a51096b4f 100644
--- a/quads/config.py
+++ b/quads/config.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ def API_URL(self):
 
     FPING_TIMEOUT = 10000
 
-    QUADSVERSION = "1.1.7"
+    QUADSVERSION = "1.1.8"
     QUADSCODENAME = "gaúcho"
 
     SUPPORTED = [
diff --git a/rpm/quads.spec b/rpm/quads.spec
index 3056a1104..dcee77a4b 100644
--- a/rpm/quads.spec
+++ b/rpm/quads.spec
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 %define name quads-dev
 %define reponame quads
-%define version 1.1.7
+%define version 1.1.8
 %define build_timestamp %{lua: print(os.date("%Y%m%d"))}
 
 Summary: Automated future scheduling, documentation, end-to-end provisioning and assignment of servers and networks.
@@ -130,6 +130,15 @@ fi;
 
 %changelog
 
+* Tue Oct 31 2023 Will Foster <wfoster@redhat.com>
+- 1.1.8 release
+- added --cloud filter to --ls-available
+- added argparse for ommitting systems validation
+- added better host build checks
+- quads-cli --host now shows the host environment
+- host metadata export now writes a file copy to disk
+- many bug fixes
+
 * Wed Feb 08 2023 Will Foster <wfoster@redhat.com>
 - 1.1.7 release
 - no-op network moves for move-and-rebuild