diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ce900120f1..d2988af52f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+Version 17.8.0
+--------------
+    * Add a --ignore_unknown flag to query whatinputs (#3057)
+    * Improve somepath --hidden behaviour (#3067)
+    * Enable `plz build `--shell` to work correctly with remote execution and
+      subrepos (#3066) (#3069)
+    * subinclude can now take annotated label and list (#2990)
+
 Version 17.7.0
 --------------
     * Make `json()` marshal `range` as a list (#3044)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 50dcdf6c3d..4e13374707 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-17.7.0
\ No newline at end of file
+17.8.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/BUILD b/docs/BUILD
index 439da9e505..bcc3e12b92 100644
--- a/docs/BUILD
+++ b/docs/BUILD
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ genrule(
 plugins = {
     "python": "v1.5.0",
     "java": "v0.4.0",
-    "go": "v1.16.1",
+    "go": "v1.16.3",
     "cc": "v0.4.0",
     "shell": "v0.2.0",
     "go-proto": "v0.3.0",
diff --git a/plugins/BUILD b/plugins/BUILD
index bdf5c56ebd..13348ef2e0 100644
--- a/plugins/BUILD
+++ b/plugins/BUILD
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 plugin_repo(
     name = "go",
     plugin = "go-rules",
-    revision = "v1.14.1",
+    revision = "v1.16.3",
 )
 
 plugin_repo(