diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3ede5c2ecf..3ead8d9dea 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.8.0](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/compare/v1.7.1...v1.8.0) (2019-12-17)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add implementation of ChannelPrimer to establish connection to GFE and integrate into bigtable client ([#115](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/issues/115)) ([276f942](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/commit/276f942dd2e668600347a59496525a589d7560da))
+* update filter to accept an exact timestamp for better accessibility ([#92](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/issues/92)) ([e25758b](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/commit/e25758b3164618ac16d57fffe6ba0e4175229960))
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* update gax.version to v1.51.0 ([#105](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/issues/105)) ([dcdd0c3](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/commit/dcdd0c347f10802be57c4f7267c2b82c59ea2278))
+* upgrade gax to 1.52.0, google-cloud-core to 1.92.0 ([#118](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/issues/118)) ([c106497](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/commit/c1064977eff3889e4f8b6ba8ab44a08f6f96ae1f))
+
 ### [1.7.1](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/compare/v1.7.0...v1.7.1) (2019-11-13)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 895e3b5fb6..ae32a554c0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,16 +17,16 @@ If you are using Maven, add this to your pom.xml file
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable</artifactId>
-  <version>1.7.1</version>
+  <version>1.8.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 If you are using Gradle, add this to your dependencies
 ```Groovy
-compile 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-bigtable:1.7.1'
+compile 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-bigtable:1.8.0'
 ```
 If you are using SBT, add this to your dependencies
 ```Scala
-libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-bigtable" % "1.7.1"
+libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-bigtable" % "1.8.0"
 ```
 [//]: # ({x-version-update-end})
 
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigtable-bom/pom.xml
index 0908ebea20..4c3d25a57c 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-bom</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>1.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -72,32 +72,32 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
                 <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable</artifactId>
-                <version>1.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+                <version>1.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
                 <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-emulator</artifactId>
-                <version>0.116.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:current} -->
+                <version>0.117.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:current} -->
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
                 <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</artifactId>
-                <version>1.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
+                <version>1.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
                 <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</artifactId>
-                <version>1.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
+                <version>1.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
                 <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</artifactId>
-                <version>1.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
+                <version>1.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
                 <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</artifactId>
-                <version>1.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
+                <version>1.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
             </dependency>
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable-emulator/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigtable-emulator/pom.xml
index 4fdd9d28a5..0b35714cae 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable-emulator/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable-emulator/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-emulator</artifactId>
-  <version>0.116.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:current} -->
+  <version>0.117.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:current} -->
   <name>Google Cloud Java - Bigtable Emulator</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable</url>
   <description>
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>1.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
   </parent>
   <scm>
     <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:googleapis/java-bigtable.git</connection>
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigtable/pom.xml
index c46c2cf43a..a5382f3e5f 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable</artifactId>
-  <version>1.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+  <version>1.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Bigtable</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable</url>
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>1.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-bigtable</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml
index 2a65c3f244..0a04bff09d 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>1.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
+  <version>1.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>1.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml
index e06791919f..c61ef638d0 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>1.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
+  <version>1.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>1.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bb93b8a1ad..74f523cd48 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-parent</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
-    <version>1.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>1.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
     <name>Google Cloud Bigtable Parent</name>
     <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable</url>
     <description>
@@ -195,27 +195,27 @@
             <dependency>
               <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
               <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-emulator</artifactId>
-              <version>0.116.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:current} -->
+              <version>0.117.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:current} -->
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
               <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
               <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</artifactId>
-              <version>1.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
+              <version>1.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
               <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
               <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</artifactId>
-              <version>1.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
+              <version>1.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
               <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
               <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</artifactId>
-              <version>1.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
+              <version>1.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
               <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
               <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</artifactId>
-              <version>1.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
+              <version>1.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
             </dependency>
 
             <!-- Production dependency version definitions in alphabetical order -->
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml
index df25b6ad3a..6432a48b52 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>1.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
+  <version>1.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>1.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml
index 7cf5169e4d..f90922a231 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>1.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
+  <version>1.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>1.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index 6d62a0d08e..ea5b102db2 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-bigtable:1.7.1:1.7.2-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:1.7.1:1.7.2-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:1.7.1:1.7.2-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:1.7.1:1.7.2-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:1.7.1:1.7.2-SNAPSHOT
-google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:0.116.1:0.116.2-SNAPSHOT
+google-cloud-bigtable:1.8.0:1.8.0
+grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:1.8.0:1.8.0
+grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:1.8.0:1.8.0
+proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:1.8.0:1.8.0
+proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:1.8.0:1.8.0
+google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:0.117.0:0.117.0