Merge pull request #206 from srinivasreddych/release/1.8.0

cutting v1.8.0 release

Author: srinivasreddych

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 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
+## v1.8.0 (2024-06-28)
 
 ### **Added**
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 =======
 
-## v1.6.0 (2024-05-02)
+## v1.7.0 (2024-05-02)
 
 ### **Added**
 

VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-v1.8.0.dev0
+v1.8.0