diff --git a/pylast/__init__.py b/pylast/__init__.py
index ed200cf..e533fde 100644
--- a/pylast/__init__.py
+++ b/pylast/__init__.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import warnings
 import re
 import six
 
-__version__ = '1.7.0'
+__version__ = '1.8.0'
 __author__ = 'Amr Hassan, hugovk'
 __copyright__ = "Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Amr Hassan, 2013-2017 hugovk"
 __license__ = "apache2"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7d7fade..0fa18f0 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 setup(
     name="pylast",
-    version="1.7.0",
+    version="1.8.0",
     author="Amr Hassan <amr.hassan@gmail.com>",
     install_requires=['six'],
     # FIXME This can be removed after 2017-09 when 3.3 is no longer supported