diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9dcc53afa..4e7a2214d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Also check this project's [releases](https://github.com/powerhome/redis-operator
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## [v1.8.0] - 2024-01-16
+
 ### Fixed
 - [Cleanup Sentinels when bootstrapping and sentinels are not allowed](https://github.com/powerhome/redis-operator/pull/33).
 - [Prevent connection throttling for more than 256 concurrent client connections](https://github.com/powerhome/redis-operator/pull/36)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4a9f2ef96..fa6c71f4f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION := v1.8.0-rc3
+VERSION := v1.8.0
 
 # Name of this service/application
 SERVICE_NAME := redis-operator