diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 4ebd6bb..d764827 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-1.8 (2017-??-??, unreleased):
+1.8 (2018-02-04):
     - prevent nick collisions by only setting the nick after the server
       accepted it and print a message about change to server log.
     - remove query.sh.
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 9055f40..a5816a8 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 MIT/X Consortium License
 
+(C)opyright 2014-2018 Hiltjo Posthuma <hiltjo at codemadness dot org>
 (C)opyright 2005-2006 Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de>
 (C)opyright 2005-2011 Nico Golde <nico at ngolde dot de>
-(C)opyright 2014-2017 Hiltjo Posthuma <hiltjo at codemadness dot org>
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
 copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
diff --git a/config.mk b/config.mk
index 0e0f9ba..d8a2841 100644
--- a/config.mk
+++ b/config.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Customize to fit your system
-VERSION = 1.7
+VERSION = 1.8
 
 # paths
 PREFIX   = /usr/local