diff --git a/gold/ChangeLog b/gold/ChangeLog
index 626532a9ab..9e2d1e0eb8 100644
--- a/gold/ChangeLog
+++ b/gold/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-01-07  Ian Lance Taylor  <iant@google.com>
+
+	* version.cc (version_string): Bump to 1.8.
+
 2008-12-23  Cary Coutant  <ccoutant@google.com>
 
 	* gold.cc (gold_exit): Call plugin cleanup handlers on exit.
diff --git a/gold/version.cc b/gold/version.cc
index 0e938f715f..2e4b7776f2 100644
--- a/gold/version.cc
+++ b/gold/version.cc
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ namespace gold
 // version number from configure.ac.  But it's easier to just change
 // this file for now.
 
-static const char* version_string = "1.7";
+static const char* version_string = "1.8";
 
 // Report version information.