diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 453122f45d..d9bcc7e9c8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## Unreleased
+## Version [v1.8.0] - 2024-11-07
+
+### Changed
+
+* `deploydocs` now ignores any global GPG signing Git settings (i.e. `commit.gpgSign = false`). ([#2592])
 
 ### Fixed
 
@@ -1399,6 +1403,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 [v1.5.0]: https://github.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl/releases/tag/v1.5.0
 [v1.6.0]: https://github.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl/releases/tag/v1.6.0
 [v1.7.0]: https://github.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl/releases/tag/v1.7.0
+[v1.8.0]: https://github.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl/releases/tag/v1.8.0
 [#198]: https://github.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl/issues/198
 [#245]: https://github.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl/issues/245
 [#487]: https://github.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl/issues/487
@@ -1909,6 +1914,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 [#2562]: https://github.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl/issues/2562
 [#2569]: https://github.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl/issues/2569
 [#2571]: https://github.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl/issues/2571
+[#2592]: https://github.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl/issues/2592
 [#2593]: https://github.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl/issues/2593
 [JuliaLang/julia#36953]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/36953
 [JuliaLang/julia#38054]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/38054
diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 91aa494120..414fd42bb8 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name = "Documenter"
 uuid = "e30172f5-a6a5-5a46-863b-614d45cd2de4"
-version = "1.7.0"
+version = "1.8.0"
 
 [deps]
 ANSIColoredPrinters = "a4c015fc-c6ff-483c-b24f-f7ea428134e9"