diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 025efa06..9fbc5f97 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-    ".": "1.7.0"
+    ".": "1.8.0"
 }
   
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d58ffc23..68fbaaeb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.8.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-pubsublite/compare/v1.7.0...v1.8.0) (2023-03-21)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Publish idempotence ([#408](https://github.com/googleapis/python-pubsublite/issues/408)) ([3236752](https://github.com/googleapis/python-pubsublite/commit/3236752b71a4af9858d169de64f760a4a8995922))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Add support for python 3.11 ([#403](https://github.com/googleapis/python-pubsublite/issues/403)) ([f60f8a8](https://github.com/googleapis/python-pubsublite/commit/f60f8a8bba9bc7054971e6c5f91c9849aaf645be))
+* Drop python 3.7 ([#402](https://github.com/googleapis/python-pubsublite/issues/402)) ([261b48d](https://github.com/googleapis/python-pubsublite/commit/261b48d9a8664e82a5e5e0ef2b78c58272eb81c4))
+
 ## [1.7.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-pubsublite/compare/v1.6.0...v1.7.0) (2023-02-15)
 
 
diff --git a/google/cloud/pubsublite/gapic_version.py b/google/cloud/pubsublite/gapic_version.py
index f033c615..b334dccf 100644
--- a/google/cloud/pubsublite/gapic_version.py
+++ b/google/cloud/pubsublite/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "1.7.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "1.8.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.pubsublite.v1.json b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.pubsublite.v1.json
index b2b99995..5d1830d9 100644
--- a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.pubsublite.v1.json
+++ b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.pubsublite.v1.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     ],
     "language": "PYTHON",
     "name": "google-cloud-pubsublite",
-    "version": "0.1.0"
+    "version": "1.8.0"
   },
   "snippets": [
     {