diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 313395243..7238431df 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,18 @@ This changelog format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased](https://github.com/eth-brownie/brownie)
+
+## [1.11.8](https://github.com/eth-brownie/brownie/tree/v1.11.8) - 2020-10-07
+### Added
+- Automatically add `tx` as a local variable during interactive debugging ([#796](https://github.com/eth-brownie/brownie/pull/796))
+
+### Changed
+- Gas buffer is not applied to transactions between EOAs ([#798](https://github.com/eth-brownie/brownie/pull/798))
+- Use `vyper` instead of `vvm` for compilation, where possible ([#797](https://github.com/eth-brownie/brownie/pull/797))
+
+### Fixed
+- Correctly highlight skipped, previously failing tests in red when using `-U` flag ([#795](https://github.com/eth-brownie/brownie/pull/795))
+
 ## [1.11.7](https://github.com/eth-brownie/brownie/tree/v1.11.7) - 2020-10-02
 ### Added
 - Support for Etherscan's multi-file source output ([#786](https://github.com/eth-brownie/brownie/pull/786))
diff --git a/brownie/_config.py b/brownie/_config.py
index fca0a44d9..216cec210 100644
--- a/brownie/_config.py
+++ b/brownie/_config.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 from brownie._singleton import _Singleton
 
-__version__ = "1.11.7"
+__version__ = "1.11.8"
 
 BROWNIE_FOLDER = Path(__file__).parent
 DATA_FOLDER = Path.home().joinpath(".brownie")
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index cbf938aaa..056309fd2 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.11.7
+current_version = 1.11.8
 
 [bumpversion:file:setup.py]
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c0d4674e2..4118d4c8b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 setup(
     name="eth-brownie",
     packages=find_packages(),
-    version="1.11.7",  # don't change this manually, use bumpversion instead
+    version="1.11.8",  # don't change this manually, use bumpversion instead
     license="MIT",
     description="A Python framework for Ethereum smart contract deployment, testing and interaction.",  # noqa: E501
     long_description=long_description,