diff --git a/ansible-constraints.txt b/ansible-constraints.txt
index 83ee7047b..44bd7ce1e 100644
--- a/ansible-constraints.txt
+++ b/ansible-constraints.txt
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ Jinja2==3.0.0; python_version >= '3.8'
 
 # MarkupSafe is used by Jinja2
 # Jinja2 3.0 requires MarkupSafe>=2.0
-MarkupSafe>=1.1.0; python_version <= '3.7'
-MarkupSafe>=2.0.0; python_version >= '3.8'
+MarkupSafe==1.1.0; python_version <= '3.7'
+MarkupSafe==2.0.0; python_version >= '3.8'
 
 
 # Direct dependencies for development (must be consistent with dev-requirements.txt)
diff --git a/docs/source/release_notes.rst b/docs/source/release_notes.rst
index 8fad1cc4c..bb2ba5f51 100644
--- a/docs/source/release_notes.rst
+++ b/docs/source/release_notes.rst
@@ -20,19 +20,15 @@ Releases
 ========
 
 
-Version 1.8.0-dev1
-------------------
+Version 1.8.0
+-------------
 
-This version contains all fixes up to version 1.7.x.
+This version contains all fixes up to version 1.7.4.
 
-Released: not yet
+Released: 2024-01-15
 
 Availability: `AutomationHub`_, `Galaxy`_, `GitHub`_
 
-**Incompatible changes:**
-
-**Deprecations:**
-
 **Bug fixes:**
 
 * Addressed safety issues up to 2024-01-08.
@@ -187,12 +183,6 @@ Availability: `AutomationHub`_, `Galaxy`_, `GitHub`_
   collections and in order to get rid of the dependency to have the doc extractor
   installed as a dependency to build and install the collection locally.
 
-**Known issues:**
-
-* See `list of open issues`_.
-
-.. _`list of open issues`: https://github.com/zhmcclient/zhmc-ansible-modules/issues
-
 
 Version 1.7.0
 -------------
diff --git a/galaxy.yml b/galaxy.yml
index dda5aad99..c828b0d49 100644
--- a/galaxy.yml
+++ b/galaxy.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ namespace: ibm
 
 name: ibm_zhmc
 
-version: 1.8.0-dev1
+version: 1.8.0
 
 readme: README.md