diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index d0972da8..099626f4 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.7.1"
+  ".": "1.8.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 594c70f6..35285c70 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,23 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.8.0](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/evalbench/compare/v1.7.1...v1.8.0) (2026-05-14)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add Codex to agent filters in viewer ([a2be23c](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/evalbench/commit/a2be23caccb27a66d7a638063fc086445771a80b))
+* add Codex to agent filters in viewer ([#387](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/evalbench/issues/387)) ([2ac6c1f](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/evalbench/commit/2ac6c1f7cb493e919c97520736e34ad59ba61d3f))
+* add packaged console script entrypoint to support `uvx` execution ([#385](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/evalbench/issues/385)) ([8ea07f8](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/evalbench/commit/8ea07f80fa8b58184b8677480dc886470c1e0662))
+* Rename package to google-evalbench and decouple viewer dependencies ([#390](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/evalbench/issues/390)) ([0d75811](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/evalbench/commit/0d758112ae9f6618a7c8058f032f44a440a381f8))
+* stabilize Cloud Run deployment and polish standalone CLI UX ([#389](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/evalbench/issues/389)) ([4720eef](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/evalbench/commit/4720eefbebed97d9f21a01a6d4541d77267b443c))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* fix Mesop event routing bug in trends dropdown ([023d150](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/evalbench/commit/023d1505a73e77835f75746dfc5624a921ce2832))
+* **gemini-cli:** support 'name' parameter key in skill extraction ([#378](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/evalbench/issues/378)) ([62400da](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/evalbench/commit/62400daf314926a0cd7bfd916997e9203e91f8b5))
+* patch absl help output when running via uvx/launcher ([85048e2](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/evalbench/commit/85048e2760d7951351423facbf0c6fa2106b439e))
+
 ## [1.7.1](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/evalbench/compare/v1.7.0...v1.7.1) (2026-05-07)
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9b151d48..aecc10dc 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "google-evalbench"
-version = "1.7.1"
+version = "1.8.0"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "Evalbench - evaluation benchmarking framework"
 readme = "README.md"