diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 096bccc..e82ee8a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
 [Vroom Changelog Unreleased](https://github.com/VROOM-Project/vroom/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#unreleased)
 
+## [v1.8.0] - 2020-09-30
+
+[Vroom Changelog v1.8.0](https://github.com/VROOM-Project/vroom/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#v180---2020-09-29)
+
 ## [v1.7.0] - 2020-07-09
 
 [Vroom Changelog v1.7.0](https://github.com/VROOM-Project/vroom/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#v170---2020-07-08)
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 575332b..8a09f13 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ RUN echo "Updating apt-get and installing dependencies..." && \
 	libasio-dev \
 	pkg-config
 
-ARG VROOM_RELEASE=v1.8.0-rc.1
+ARG VROOM_RELEASE=v1.8.0
 
 RUN echo "Cloning and installing vroom release ${VROOM_RELEASE}..." && \
     git clone https://github.com/VROOM-Project/vroom.git && \
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e7305f6..d77fdc5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ docker run -dt --name vroom \
     --net host \  # or set the container name as host in config.yml and use --port 3000:3000 instead, see below
     -v $PWD/conf:/conf \ # mapped volume for config & log
     -e VROOM_ROUTER=ors \ # routing layer: osrm or ors
-    vroomvrp/vroom-docker:v1.8.0-rc.1
+    vroomvrp/vroom-docker:v1.8.0
 ```
 
 If you want to build the image yourself, run a
 
-`docker build -t vroomvrp/vroom-docker:v1.8.0-rc.1 --build-arg VROOM_RELEASE=v1.8.0-rc.1 --build-arg VROOM_EXPRESS_RELEASE=v0.7.0 .`
+`docker build -t vroomvrp/vroom-docker:v1.8.0 --build-arg VROOM_RELEASE=v1.8.0 --build-arg VROOM_EXPRESS_RELEASE=v0.7.0 .`
 
 > **Note**, you should have access to a self-hosted instance of OSRM or OpenRouteService for the routing server, see e.g. [`docker-compose.yml`](docker-compose.yml) for an example.
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Add a `-v $PWD/conf:/conf` to your `docker run` command.
 
 If you prefer to build the image from source, there are 2 build arguments:
 
-- `VROOM_RELEASE`: specifies VROOM's git [branch](https://github.com/VROOM-Project/vroom/branches), [commit hash](https://github.com/VROOM-Project/vroom/commits/master) or [release](https://github.com/VROOM-Project/vroom/releases) (e.g. `v1.7.0`) to install in the container
+- `VROOM_RELEASE`: specifies VROOM's git [branch](https://github.com/VROOM-Project/vroom/branches), [commit hash](https://github.com/VROOM-Project/vroom/commits/master) or [release](https://github.com/VROOM-Project/vroom/releases) (e.g. `v1.8.0`) to install in the container
 - `VROOM_EXPRESS_RELEASE`: specifies `vroom-express`'s git [branch](https://github.com/VROOM-Project/vroom-express/branches), [commit hash](https://github.com/VROOM-Project/vroom-express/commits/master) or [release](https://github.com/VROOM-Project/vroom-express/releases) (e.g. `v0.7.0`) to install in the container
 
 > **Note**, not all versions are compatible with each other
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index a0c1723..fe6d6c3 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ version: "2.4"
 services:
   vroom:
     network_mode: host
-    image: vroomvrp/vroom-docker:v1.8.0-rc.1
+    image: vroomvrp/vroom-docker:v1.8.0
     container_name: vroom
     volumes:
       - ./vroom-conf/:/conf