Apache Mynewt 1.8.0 release
diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index d2b9dcf..2bce938 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
# RELEASE NOTES
-04 June 2018 - Apache Newt v1.4.0
+18 March 2029 - Apache Newt v1.8.0
For full release notes, please visit the
[Apache Mynewt Wiki](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MYNEWT/Release+Notes).
diff --git a/newt/newtutil/newtutil.go b/newt/newtutil/newtutil.go
index 7dcd91c..07c7e1e 100644
--- a/newt/newtutil/newtutil.go
+++ b/newt/newtutil/newtutil.go
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@
"mynewt.apache.org/newt/util"
)
-var NewtVersion = Version{1, 7, 9900}
-var NewtVersionStr = "1.8.0-dev"
+var NewtVersion = Version{1, 8, 0}
+var NewtVersionStr = "1.8.0"
var NewtGitHash = "unknown"
var NewtDate = "unknown"
-var NewtBlinkyTag string = "master"
+var NewtBlinkyTag string = "mynewt_1_8_0_tag"
var NewtNumJobs int
var NewtForce bool
var NewtAsk bool
