diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 29a01af0f..b03548e69 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ workflows:
           filters:
             branches:
               ignore:
-                - 1.7.X
+                - 1.8.X
       - package_and_upload_to_pypi:
           requires:
             - test_feature_engine_py39
@@ -169,4 +169,4 @@ workflows:
           filters:
             branches:
               only:
-                - 1.7.X
\ No newline at end of file
+                - 1.8.X
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/whats_new/index.rst b/docs/whats_new/index.rst
index f14e7995e..58e9d42e6 100644
--- a/docs/whats_new/index.rst
+++ b/docs/whats_new/index.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Find out what's new in each new version release.
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2
 
+   v_180
    v_170
    v_160
    v_150
diff --git a/docs/whats_new/v_170.rst b/docs/whats_new/v_170.rst
index cc001fcff..adf8e5471 100644
--- a/docs/whats_new/v_170.rst
+++ b/docs/whats_new/v_170.rst
@@ -1,30 +1,6 @@
 Version 1.7.X
 =============
 
-
-Version 1.7.1
--------------
-
-Deployed: XXth XX 2024
-
-Contributors
-~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-- `Soledad Galli <https://github.com/solegalli>`_
-
-TBD
-
-New functionality
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-TBD
-
-Enhancements
-~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-- The `DecisionTreeDiscretiser()` can now replace the continuous attributes with the decision tree predictions, interval limits, or bin numnber (`Soledad Galli <https://github.com/solegalli>`_)
-
-
 Version 1.7.0
 -------------
 
diff --git a/docs/whats_new/v_180.rst b/docs/whats_new/v_180.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..353be1965
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/whats_new/v_180.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+Version 1.8.X
+=============
+
+Version 1.8.0
+-------------
+
+Deployed: 26th May 2024
+
+Contributors
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- `Cainã Max Couto da Silva <https://github.com/cmcouto-silva>`_
+- `Gurjinder Kaur <https://github.com/gurjinderbassi>`_
+- `Gleb Levitski <https://github.com/GLevv>`_
+- `Lorenzo Vitali <https://github.com/93lorenzo>`_
+- `Soledad Galli <https://github.com/solegalli>`_
+
+In this release, we make some breaking changes. The `DecisionTreeEncoder()` does not have the encoding pipeline any more.
+In its place, we now added an `encoding_dict_` parameter that stores the mappings from category to predictions of the
+decision tree. This allowed us to implement in addition a way to handle unseen categories and the method `inverse_transform`.
+
+We also expanded the functionality of the `DecisionTreeDiscretiser()`, which can now replace the continuous attributes
+with the decision tree predictions, interval limits, or bin number.
+
+In addition, we introduce a new transformer, the `DecisionTreeFreatures()`, which adds new features to the data,
+resulting from predictions of decision trees trained on one or more features.
+
+The classes from the module `outliers` can now automatically select the limit for the boundaries for outliers.
+
+Finally, we have updated and expanded various pages of our documentation.
+
+Thank you very much to all contributors to this release and to `Vasco Schiavo <https://github.com/VascoSch92>`_ and
+`Gleb Levitski <https://github.com/GLevv>`_ for actively reviewing many of our PRs.
+
+If you value what we do, please consider `sponsoring us <https://github.com/sponsors/solegalli>`_, so that we can keep
+updating Feature-engine at a fast pace.
+
+New
+~~~
+
+- `DecisionTreeFeatures` is a new transformer from the creation module that adds features based of predictions of decision trees (`Soledad Galli <https://github.com/solegalli>`_)
+
+
+Enhancements
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- `DecisionTreeEncoder` now supports encodings for unseen categories, `inverse_transform`, and provides an encoding dictionary instead of the pipeline (`Soledad Galli <https://github.com/solegalli>`_, `Gleb Levitski <https://github.com/GLevv>`_ and `Lorenzo Vitali <https://github.com/93lorenzo>`_ )
+- The `DecisionTreeDiscretiser()` can now replace the continuous attributes with the decision tree predictions, interval limits, or bin number (`Soledad Galli <https://github.com/solegalli>`_)
+- The `OutlierTrimmer()` and `Winsorizer()` can now adjust the strength of the outlier search automatically based of the statistical method (param `fold="auto"`) (`Gleb Levitski <https://github.com/GLevv>`_)
+
+
+Documentation
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- Improve user guide for `PowerTransformer()` (`Cainã Max Couto da Silva <https://github.com/cmcouto-silva>`_)
+- Improve user guide for `EqualFrequencyDiscretiser()` and `EqualWidthDiscretiser` (`Cainã Max Couto da Silva <https://github.com/cmcouto-silva>`_)
+- Improve user guide for the categorical encoding module (`Gurjinder Kaur <https://github.com/gurjinderbassi>`_)
diff --git a/feature_engine/VERSION b/feature_engine/VERSION
index bd8bf882d..27f9cd322 100644
--- a/feature_engine/VERSION
+++ b/feature_engine/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.7.0
+1.8.0