diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 99c288b6e987a337b05f333dc15ec374e00b5d55..1d9924b03d7fd51d0ab963a0d57c06a868b5a2a2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,8 +1,25 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
-Unreleased
-----------
+[1.8.0] (2025-02-17)
+--------------------
+
+### Added
+
+- Added support for [whisperX](https://github.com/m-bain/whisperX)@[v3.1.1](https://github.com/m-bain/whisperX/releases/tag/v3.1.1)
+
+### Changed
+
+- Upgraded Cuda GPU image to v12.6.3
+- Upgraded dependencies
+  - torch to v2.6.0
+  - fastapi to v0.115.8
+  - llvmlite to v0.44.0
+  - numba to v0.61.0
+  - ruff to v0.9.6
+  - black to v25.1.0
+  - mkdocs-material to v9.6.4
+  - pymdown-extensions to v10.14.3
 
 [1.7.1] (2024-12-18)
 --------------------
@@ -246,6 +263,7 @@ Unreleased
 - mp3 support by using FFmpeg instead of librosa in #8
 - add language detection endpoint in #9
 
+[1.8.0]: https://github.com/ahmetoner/whisper-asr-webservice/releases/tag/v1.8.0
 [1.7.1]: https://github.com/ahmetoner/whisper-asr-webservice/releases/tag/v1.7.1
 [1.7.0]: https://github.com/ahmetoner/whisper-asr-webservice/releases/tag/v1.7.0
 [1.6.0]: https://github.com/ahmetoner/whisper-asr-webservice/releases/tag/v1.6.0
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index be4208276eb0b09446c62b27e2165b09518797c6..417a0617a1fa30c6e16707a22e26a321250e3477 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Whisper ASR Box is a general-purpose speech recognition toolkit. Whisper Models
 
 ## Features
 
-Current release (v1.7.1) supports following whisper models:
+Current release (v1.8.0) supports following whisper models:
 
 - [openai/whisper](https://github.com/openai/whisper)@[v20240930](https://github.com/openai/whisper/releases/tag/v20240930)
 - [SYSTRAN/faster-whisper](https://github.com/SYSTRAN/faster-whisper)@[v1.1.0](https://github.com/SYSTRAN/faster-whisper/releases/tag/v1.1.0)
diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
index a7d7cddc78be5337ad177350656600d82f88f275..370ed02bf980a3d679ac77cc310c729b9714fda5 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Whisper is a general-purpose speech recognition model. It is trained on a large
 
 ## Features
 
-Current release (v1.7.1) supports following whisper models:
+Current release (v1.8.0) supports following whisper models:
 
 - [openai/whisper](https://github.com/openai/whisper)@[v20240930](https://github.com/openai/whisper/releases/tag/v20240930)
 - [SYSTRAN/faster-whisper](https://github.com/SYSTRAN/faster-whisper)@[v1.1.0](https://github.com/SYSTRAN/faster-whisper/releases/tag/v1.1.0)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c32fbd92aa6c9c61e39829734cd44d509ac1299f..a805b3c1d8440cd805f0171266ca6efc09610f47 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "whisper-asr-webservice"
-version = "1.8.0-dev"
+version = "1.8.0"
 description = "Whisper ASR Webservice is a general-purpose speech recognition webservice."
 homepage = "https://github.com/ahmetoner/whisper-asr-webservice/"
 license = "https://github.com/ahmetoner/whisper-asr-webservice/blob/main/LICENCE"