diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 14f5203..5cb9d26 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -3,14 +3,16 @@
 History
 =======
 
-Pending
--------
+1.8.0 (2017-02-03)
+------------------
 
 * Fixed a packaging error which caused sub-packages of the tests to be
   distributed.
 * Use ``get_current_site`` to look up the site instead of ``settings.SITE_ID``.
+* Confirmed support for Django 1.11.
 * Dropped Django 1.7 and Python 3.2/3.3 support.
 * Added testing for Python 3.5.
+* Updated translations.
 
 1.7.3 (2016-09-13)
 ------------------
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7b9e5b9..86dd85e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='django-contrib-comments',
-    version='1.7.3',
+    version='1.8.0',
     url="https://github.com/django/django-contrib-comments",
     description='The code formerly known as django.contrib.comments.',
     long_description=long_description,
@@ -39,5 +39,5 @@
     packages=find_packages(exclude=['tests', 'tests.*']),
     include_package_data=True,
     test_suite='tests.runtests.main',
-    install_requires=['Django>=1.7']
+    install_requires=['Django>=1.8']
 )