diff --git a/wmmixer/CHANGES b/wmmixer/CHANGES
index dc0e15b..54b4a13 100644
--- a/wmmixer/CHANGES
+++ b/wmmixer/CHANGES
@@ -93,3 +93,10 @@ Release 1.6   13 Jul 2011 Support of multiple config files to run multiple
 
 Release 1.7   19 Sep 2011 Fix FTBFS with ld --as-needed
                           Patch sent by Angel Abad <angelabad@ubuntu.com>
+
+Release 1.8   28 Aug 2017 Update GPLv2 text
+			  Update Free Software Foundation address.
+			  Remove trailing whitespace.
+			  Use autotools for build.
+			  Add desktop entry file.
+			  Update documentation.
diff --git a/wmmixer/configure.ac b/wmmixer/configure.ac
index 05c939e..38d5cfc 100644
--- a/wmmixer/configure.ac
+++ b/wmmixer/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([wmmixer], [1.7], [wmaker-dev@lists.windowmaker.org])
+AC_INIT([wmmixer], [1.8], [wmaker-dev@lists.windowmaker.org])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([configure.ac])
 AC_PROG_CXX