diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 851b544..c08612c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Revision history for ghcup
 
+## 0.1.8 -- 2020-07-21
+
+* Fix bug in logging thread dying on newlines
+* Allow to install from arbitrary bindists: `ghcup -n install ghc -u '{"dlHash": "", "dlSubdir": "ghc-8.10.1", "dlUri": "https://github.com/commercialhaskell/ghc/releases/download/ghc-8.10.1-release/ghc-8.10.1-x86_64-deb9-linux.tar.xz"}' 8.10.1`
+
 ## 0.1.7 -- 2020-07-20
 
 * Fix a bug in libarchive not unpacking some uncleanly packed bindists
diff --git a/ghcup.cabal b/ghcup.cabal
index 488ff5a..06fff53 100644
--- a/ghcup.cabal
+++ b/ghcup.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cabal-version:      3.0
 name:               ghcup
-version:            0.1.7
+version:            0.1.8
 synopsis:           ghc toolchain installer as an exe/library
 description:
   A rewrite of the shell script ghcup, for providing
diff --git a/lib/GHCup/Version.hs b/lib/GHCup/Version.hs
index 8eb31dd..da03715 100644
--- a/lib/GHCup/Version.hs
+++ b/lib/GHCup/Version.hs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ ghcupURL :: URI
 ghcupURL = [uri|https://www.haskell.org/ghcup/data/ghcup-0.0.2.json|]
 
 ghcUpVer :: PVP
-ghcUpVer = [pver|0.1.7|]
+ghcUpVer = [pver|0.1.8|]
 
 numericVer :: String
 numericVer = T.unpack . prettyPVP $ ghcUpVer