diff --git a/notifications/__init__.py b/notifications/__init__.py
index 55a4735..110c128 100644
--- a/notifications/__init__.py
+++ b/notifications/__init__.py
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@
 """
 
 # PEP 386-compliant version number: N.N[.N]+[{a|b|c|rc}N[.N]+][.postN][.devN]
-__version__ = '1.7.0'
+__version__ = '1.8.0'
 
 default_app_config = 'notifications.apps.Config'  # pylint: disable=invalid-name