diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index a5be2586aa5a9..4fcf98b1570a2 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
 # General information about the project.
 project = 'Zulip'
-copyright = '2015-2017, The Zulip Team'
+copyright = '2015-2018, The Zulip Team'
 author = 'The Zulip Team'
 
 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '1.7+git'
+version = '1.8'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '1.7.2+git'
+release = '1.8.0'
 
 # This allows us to insert a warning that appears only on an unreleased
 # version, e.g. to say that something is likely to have changed.
diff --git a/docs/overview/changelog.md b/docs/overview/changelog.md
index 676e91870ad60..d08d2e006a70c 100644
--- a/docs/overview/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/overview/changelog.md
@@ -7,13 +7,15 @@ All notable changes to the Zulip server are documented in this file.
 This section lists notable unreleased changes; it is generally updated
 in bursts.
 
+### 1.8.0 -- 2018-04-17
+
 **Highlights:**
-- Added a new "night mode" theme for dark environments.
-- Added a video call integration powered by Jitsi.
 - Dramatically simplified the server installation process; it's now possible
   to install Zulip without first setting up outgoing email.
 - Added experimental support for importing an organization's history
   from Slack.
+- Added a new "night mode" theme for dark environments.
+- Added a video call integration powered by Jitsi.
 - Lots of visual polish improvements.
 - Countless small bugfixes both in the backend and the UI.
 
@@ -57,7 +59,6 @@ in bursts.
 - Added support for mentioning groups of users.
 - Added a setting to allow users to delete their messages.
 - Added support for uploading files in the message-edit UI.
-- Added new compose features for pasting HTML.
 - Redesigned the compose are for private messages to use pretty pills
   rather than raw email addresses to display recipients.
 - Added new ctrl+B, ctrl+I, ctrl+L compose shortcuts for inserting
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ in bursts.
   message being condensed ([More] appearing on every message).
 - Improved typeahead's handling of editing an already-completed mention.
 - Improved syntax for inline LaTeX to be more convenient.
+- Improved syntax for permanent links to streams in Zulip.
 - Improved behavior of copy-pasting a large number of messages.
 - Improved handling of browser undo in compose.
 - Improved saved drafts system to garbage-collect old drafts and sort
@@ -169,7 +171,7 @@ in bursts.
 
 **Mobile apps backend:**
 - Added support for logging into the mobile apps with RemoteUserBackend.
-- Improved mobile notifications to support narrowing when one click a
+- Improved mobile notifications to support narrowing when one clicks a
   mobile push notification.
 - Statistics on the fraction of strings that are translated now
   include strings in the mobile apps as well.
diff --git a/version.py b/version.py
index cf8ab4613bbca..ea387c703368c 100644
--- a/version.py
+++ b/version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ZULIP_VERSION = "1.7.2+git"
+ZULIP_VERSION = "1.8.0"
 
 # Bump the minor PROVISION_VERSION to indicate that folks should provision
 # only when going from an old version of the code to a newer version. Bump