diff --git a/README-CHANGES.xml b/README-CHANGES.xml
index 522ca4f..6d1ecf8 100644
--- a/README-CHANGES.xml
+++ b/README-CHANGES.xml
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@
         </c:change>
       </c:changes>
     </c:release>
-    <c:release date="2024-11-18T12:46:40+00:00" is-open="true" ticket-system="org.lyrasis.jira" version="1.7.0">
+    <c:release date="2024-11-18T12:58:48+00:00" is-open="false" ticket-system="org.lyrasis.jira" version="1.7.0">
       <c:changes>
-        <c:change date="2024-11-18T12:46:40+00:00" summary="Enable core library desugaring."/>
+        <c:change date="2024-11-18T00:00:00+00:00" summary="Enable core library desugaring."/>
       </c:changes>
     </c:release>
   </c:releases>
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index b559ff7..e532c48 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ POM_SCM_CONNECTION=scm:git:git://github.com/ThePalaceProject/android-http
 POM_SCM_DEV_CONNECTION=scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/ThePalaceProject/android-http
 POM_SCM_URL=http://github.com/ThePalaceProject/android-http
 POM_URL=http://github.com/ThePalaceProject/android-http
-VERSION_NAME=1.7.0
-VERSION_PREVIOUS=1.6.0
+VERSION_NAME=1.8.0-SNAPSHOT
+VERSION_PREVIOUS=1.7.0
 
 android.useAndroidX=true
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4096m