diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 2a1a2743e15173aad3d94ea4517c91be651c92a7..d468d0dfb1d0b75d18530c1488c50cf70b725f16 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Changes in Release <RELEASE NUMBER>
+Changes in Release 1.8.0
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
   * Introduced recipes to generate Docker and Singularity images.
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4327ea12f5523885cc462554bce4c7efcb93eab0..74a3348880146b72ffb3f3e045ef4502110eea98 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6.4 FATAL_ERROR)
 project(OpenStructure CXX C)
 set (CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS 1)
 set (OST_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
-set (OST_VERSION_MINOR 7)
-set (OST_VERSION_PATCH 1)
+set (OST_VERSION_MINOR 8)
+set (OST_VERSION_PATCH 0)
 set (OST_VERSION_STRING ${OST_VERSION_MAJOR}.${OST_VERSION_MINOR}.${OST_VERSION_PATCH} )
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake_support)
 include(OST)
diff --git a/singularity/README.rst b/singularity/README.rst
index fe7bb623c1a915694bc71e6c75e946f36da93b72..176ac708aa805c1f03b9c50c32b5517a4bb36b3a 100644
--- a/singularity/README.rst
+++ b/singularity/README.rst
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ In order to build OST Singularity image:
 .. code-block:: bash
 
   cd <OST ROOT>/singularity
-  sudo singularity build ost.img Singularity.1.7.1
+  sudo singularity build ost.img Singularity.1.8.0
 
 .. note::
 
diff --git a/singularity/Singularity.1.7.1 b/singularity/Singularity.1.8.0
similarity index 99%
rename from singularity/Singularity.1.7.1
rename to singularity/Singularity.1.8.0
index 70b3508f28546daade1bd58313929e9170801f3d..5a1e2600f40eecf259152800311d4686f124bed0 100644
--- a/singularity/Singularity.1.7.1
+++ b/singularity/Singularity.1.8.0
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export CPUS_FOR_MAKE=8
 export PYTHONPATH="/usr/local/lib64/python2.7/site-packages:${PYTHONPATH}"
 # When changing OPENSTRUCTURE_VERSION make sure to change it also in the
 # environment section of singularity recipe (this file).
-export OPENSTRUCTURE_VERSION="1.7.1"
+export OPENSTRUCTURE_VERSION="1.8.0"
 export OPENSTRUCTURE_SHARE="/usr/local/share/ost"
 export MSMS_VERSION="2.6.1"
 export OPENMM_VERSION="7.1.1"
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ cd /home
 # ENVIRONMENT
 ##############################################################################
 export OST_ROOT="/usr/local"
-export OPENSTRUCTURE_VERSION="1.7.1"
+export OPENSTRUCTURE_VERSION="1.8.0"
 export PYTHONPATH="/usr/local/lib64/python2.7/site-packages:${PYTHONPATH}"
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/lib64"
 export QT_X11_NO_MITSHM=1