diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2d72289..28f8c44 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.1.8](https://github.com/maidsafe/sn-releases/compare/v0.1.7...v0.1.8) - 2024-03-19
+
+### Added
+- validate the provided semantic version str
+
 ## [0.1.7](https://github.com/maidsafe/sn-releases/compare/v0.1.6...v0.1.7) - 2024-02-01
 
 ### Other
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3bc9764..9672c8c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "sn-releases"
 authors = ["MaidSafe Developers <dev@maidsafe.net>"]
 description = "Download and unpack binaries released from the safe_network repository"
 license = "GPL-3.0"
-version = "0.1.7"
+version = "0.1.8"
 edition = "2021"
 repository = "https://github.com/maidsafe/sn-releases"