diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dd7cf811..6bde95e5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 1.8.0
+
+* There are tests that can be run with "make test".
+
 ## 1.7.2
 
 * Feature properties that are arrays or hashes get stringified
diff --git a/version.h b/version.h
index 4b42f6d0..067acc76 100644
--- a/version.h
+++ b/version.h
@@ -1 +1 @@
-#define VERSION "tippecanoe v1.7.2\n"
+#define VERSION "tippecanoe v1.8.0\n"