diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 651f7189..2a762683 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,16 +2,12 @@
 
 This changelog documents the changes between release versions.
 
-## [Unreleased]
+## [1.8.0] - 2025-04-25
 
 ### Added
 
 - Add option to skip rows on response type mismatch ([#162](https://github.com/hasura/ndc-mongodb/pull/162))
 
-### Changed
-
-### Fixed
-
 ### Option to skip rows on response type mismatch
 
 When sending response data for a query if we encounter a value that does not match the type declared in the connector
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index cddc7552..60b0bc53 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ checksum = "97af0562545a7d7f3d9222fcf909963bec36dcb502afaacab98c6ffac8da47ce"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "configuration"
-version = "1.7.2"
+version = "1.8.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-tempfile",
@@ -1556,7 +1556,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "integration-tests"
-version = "1.7.2"
+version = "1.8.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "assert_json",
@@ -1896,7 +1896,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mongodb-agent-common"
-version = "1.7.2"
+version = "1.8.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -1935,7 +1935,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mongodb-cli-plugin"
-version = "1.7.2"
+version = "1.8.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-tempfile",
@@ -1970,7 +1970,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mongodb-connector"
-version = "1.7.2"
+version = "1.8.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -2009,7 +2009,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mongodb-support"
-version = "1.7.2"
+version = "1.8.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "enum-iterator",
@@ -2054,7 +2054,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ndc-query-plan"
-version = "1.7.2"
+version = "1.8.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "derivative",
@@ -2128,7 +2128,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ndc-test-helpers"
-version = "1.7.2"
+version = "1.8.0"
 dependencies = [
  "indexmap 2.2.6",
  "itertools",
@@ -3401,7 +3401,7 @@ checksum = "3369f5ac52d5eb6ab48c6b4ffdc8efbcad6b89c765749064ba298f2c68a16a76"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "test-helpers"
-version = "1.7.2"
+version = "1.8.0"
 dependencies = [
  "configuration",
  "enum-iterator",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ee1b91ef..68864c12 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [workspace.package]
-version = "1.7.2"
+version = "1.8.0"
 
 [workspace]
 members = [
diff --git a/docs/release-checklist.md b/docs/release-checklist.md
index f4c82b16..5fd7efda 100644
--- a/docs/release-checklist.md
+++ b/docs/release-checklist.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Create a PR in the MongoDB connector repository with these changes:
 
 - update the `version` property in `Cargo.toml` (in the workspace root only). For example, `version = "1.5.0"`
 - update `CHANGELOG.md`, add a heading under `## [Unreleased]` with the new version number and date. For example, `## [1.5.0] - 2024-12-05`
+  - If any of the "Added", "Fixed", "Changed" sections are empty then delete the heading.
 - update `Cargo.lock` by running `cargo check`
 
 ## 2. Tag