diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4ef2a62..c61ac65 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2022-01-30  Omar Polo  <op@omarpolo.com>
 
+	* configure (VERSION): 1.8 “Lightbulb Sun” tagged
+
 	* proxy.c (proxy_setup_tls): allow to specify a custom hostname as SNI for the TLS handshake with the proxied host.
 
 2022-01-02  Omar Polo  <op@omarpolo.com>
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b08dd3b..dc2b543 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ echo "file config.log: writing..."
 # default settings: initialize all vars here such that nothing is
 # leaked from the environment except for CC, CFLAGS and LDFLAGS
 
-VERSION=1.8-dev
+VERSION=1.8
 
 CC=`printf "all:\\n\\t@echo \\\$(CC)\\n" | make ${MAKE_FLAGS} -sf -`
 
diff --git a/gmid.1 b/gmid.1
index 8ad55e2..a13f30a 100644
--- a/gmid.1
+++ b/gmid.1
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 .\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
 .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
 .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
-.Dd $Mdocdate: January 02 2022$
+.Dd $Mdocdate: January 30 2022$
 .Dt GMID 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ The port the server is listening on.
 .Dq GEMINI
 .It Ev SERVER_SOFTWARE
 The name and version of the server, i.e.
-.Dq gmid/1.7.3
+.Dq gmid/1.8
 .It Ev AUTH_TYPE
 The string "Certificate" if the client used a certificate, otherwise
 unset.
diff --git a/site/Makefile b/site/Makefile
index 3bb10cc..c303c65 100644
--- a/site/Makefile
+++ b/site/Makefile
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ REPOLOGY_BANNER =	https://repology.org/badge/vertical-allrepos/gmid.svg
 REPOLOGY_URL =		https://repology.org/project/gmid/versions
 
 SUBST =		./subst GITHUB=https://github.com/omar-polo/gmid \
-			VERS=1.7.5 \
-			CURV=1.7 \
-			NEXTV=1.8 \
+			VERS=1.8 \
+			CURV=1.8 \
+			NEXTV=1.9 \
 			TREE=https://git.omarpolo.com/gmid/tree
 
 SUBST_GEM =	${SUBST} MANEXT=txt  EXT=gmi  REPOLOGY=${REPOLOGY_URL}
diff --git a/site/index.gmi b/site/index.gmi
index fd65c4f..ac192e6 100644
--- a/site/index.gmi
+++ b/site/index.gmi
@@ -63,11 +63,14 @@ A SHA256 file is available.  However, that only checks for accidental corruption
 To verify the signatures with signify(1)
 
 ```Example of how to verify the signature with signify
-$ signify -C -p gmid-1.7.pub -x SHA256.sig
+% signify -C -p gmid-1.8.pub -x SHA256.sig
 Signature Verified
-gmid-1.7.pub: OK
-gmid-1.7.5.tar.gz: OK
+gg.linux.aarch64: OK
+gg.linux.amd64: OK
+gmid-1.8-binaries.tar.gz: OK
 gmid-1.8.pub: OK
+gmid-1.8.tar.gz: OK
+gmid-1.9.pub: OK
 gmid.linux.aarch64: OK
 gmid.linux.amd64: OK
 ```