diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 91877fc3432e4d799146edcc8bb7a32f87a94be9..7041c4259bbc3a0148824ebf4112cb87dd991bac 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "keywords": [ "saml2", "shibboleth","oauth","ws-federation","sp","idp" ],
     "homepage": "http://simplesamlphp.org",
     "license": "LGPL-2.1-or-later",
-    "version": "v1.18.7",
+    "version": "v1.18.8",
     "authors": [
         {
             "name": "Andreas Åkre Solberg",
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 174e887856b239ba525239ac9c633fb819b5bfca..5d46b544b16a9e106c72fb9a85808b19d9c89b02 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "1dc8e664d835438bb10c5a7784a7d9ee",
+    "content-hash": "bf371c4b318dde371166f24e06842287",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "gettext/gettext",
diff --git a/docs/simplesamlphp-changelog.md b/docs/simplesamlphp-changelog.md
index 08366d8c7b1eebb66c989c1f6cf6b5984786aee3..d44838b8152ed2c9e131545c8505ed533365bcc2 100644
--- a/docs/simplesamlphp-changelog.md
+++ b/docs/simplesamlphp-changelog.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ See the upgrade notes for specific information about upgrading.
 
 ## Version 1.18.8
 
-Released TBD
+Released 2020-09-02
 
   * Fixed Artifact Resolution due to incorrect use of Issuer objects (#1343).
   * Fixed some of the German translations (#1331). Thanks @htto!
diff --git a/extra/simplesamlphp.spec b/extra/simplesamlphp.spec
index 1f25819ef30f34d809709e957a43a19610810644..7aa4203581381c86221ca98f55ded528c8a02812 100644
--- a/extra/simplesamlphp.spec
+++ b/extra/simplesamlphp.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 %define name      simplesamlphp
 %define summary   SAML IDP/SP written in PHP
-%define version   1.18.7
+%define version   1.18.8
 %define release   1
 %define license   LGPL 2.1
 %define group     Networking/WWW
diff --git a/lib/SimpleSAML/Configuration.php b/lib/SimpleSAML/Configuration.php
index 18a0bb91a4cd52ba4d3bd28af9d4f2a28f59cefa..cbcebcf01ed774b5321647325be88630e50a336b 100644
--- a/lib/SimpleSAML/Configuration.php
+++ b/lib/SimpleSAML/Configuration.php
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ class Configuration implements Utils\ClearableState
      */
     public function getVersion()
     {
-        return '1.18.7';
+        return '1.18.8';
     }