diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7eadeef..3b63ff3 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Overview of changes leading to 1.8.0
+Tuesday, June 5, 2018
+====================================
+- Update to Unicode 11.0.0.
+
 Overview of changes leading to 1.7.7
 Tuesday, June 5, 2018
 ====================================
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 153c9bc..0061403 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.64])
 AC_INIT([HarfBuzz],
-        [1.7.7],
+        [1.8.0],
         [https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/issues/new],
         [harfbuzz],
         [http://harfbuzz.org/])