diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 4f63ac89..1a150e73 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "1.7.1"
+    ".": "1.8.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 94f88579..a1a1ea9a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,18 @@
 
 <a name="v1.5.2"></a>
 
+## [1.8.0](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith-common/compare/v1.7.1...v1.8.0) (2025-04-07)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **utils/is_oss:** Add a function to check oss deployment mode ([#44](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith-common/issues/44)) ([13c2016](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith-common/commit/13c2016f5b384818e9e796dea226d045d8769094))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Trailing slash in default routes, add tests for default routes ([#43](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith-common/issues/43)) ([29b3256](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith-common/commit/29b32565b676b9210bcb2608b9e51bfaa28d5883))
+
 ## [1.7.1](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith-common/compare/v1.7.0...v1.7.1) (2025-04-04)
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f821c972..8b9358d2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "flagsmith-common"
-version = "1.7.1"
+version = "1.8.0"
 description = "Flagsmith's common library"
 requires-python = ">=3.11,<4.0"
 dependencies = [