diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 81db7d77..e77e6c84 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+### `2.1.8`
+
+- [#285](https://github.com/codecov/codecov-python/pull/285)Add support for CODECOV_FLAGS
+- [#276](https://github.com/codecov/codecov-python/pull/276)Add ability to specify number of upload retries
+
 ### `2.1.7`
 
 - [#279](https://github.com/codecov/codecov-python/pull/279) Fix pinned coverage version
diff --git a/codecov/__version__.py b/codecov/__version__.py
index 2661eb1e..8e0b8295 100644
--- a/codecov/__version__.py
+++ b/codecov/__version__.py
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 __license__ = "Apache 2.0"
 __title__ = "codecov"
 __url__ = "https://github.com/codecov/codecov-python"
-__version__ = "2.1.7"
+__version__ = "2.1.8"