diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 21d2773c8ab9b4f0199aa690cd74805c7814a37c..ef6fe3e950a318007a6ec529caa369615d0d0444 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+shared-mime-info 1.8 (2016-12-05)
+* Add Flatpak-related mime-types
+* Add mime-type for a number of Thomson-related disk (and cassette) images
+* Add many audio and video mime-type aliases as used in VLC
+* Add mime-type for pdf.lz files
+* Write the correct length for literal and glob lists to the cache
+* Build fixes
+
 shared-mime-info 1.7 (2016-09-05)
 * Add mime-types for a number of video games systems ROMS
   (Atari 7800, Atari 2600, Neo Geo Pocket, Sega CD/Mega-CD, Game Boy Color,
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index de8c718dcce3a2f1acd77b5241b883d2a6e28bd4..72b67726e1b99ec1fabc67946d77c0d823c59124 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([shared-mime-info],[1.7],[https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=shared-mime-info])
+AC_INIT([shared-mime-info],[1.8],[https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=shared-mime-info])
 
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.9 foreign no-dist-gzip dist-xz check-news])