diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f4baae46..20a1141b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ set(TAGLIB_LIB_VERSION_STRING "${TAGLIB_LIB_MAJOR_VERSION}.${TAGLIB_LIB_MINOR_VE
 # 2. If any interfaces have been added, removed, or changed since the last update, increment current, and set revision to 0.
 # 3. If any interfaces have been added since the last public release, then increment age.
 # 4. If any interfaces have been removed since the last public release, then set age to 0. 
-set(TAGLIB_SOVERSION_CURRENT  12)
+set(TAGLIB_SOVERSION_CURRENT  13)
 set(TAGLIB_SOVERSION_REVISION 0)
-set(TAGLIB_SOVERSION_AGE      11)
+set(TAGLIB_SOVERSION_AGE      12)
 
 math(EXPR TAGLIB_SOVERSION_MAJOR "${TAGLIB_SOVERSION_CURRENT} - ${TAGLIB_SOVERSION_AGE}")
 math(EXPR TAGLIB_SOVERSION_MINOR "${TAGLIB_SOVERSION_AGE}")
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6c407a48..fa750f69 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,21 @@
-TagLib 1.8 BETA (Jul 14, 2012)
+TagLib 1.8 (Sep 6, 2012)
 ==============================
 
+1.8:
+
+ * Added support for OWNE ID3 frames.
+ * Changed key validation in the new PropertyMap API.
+ * ID3v1::Tag::setStringHandler will no londer delete the previous handler,
+   the caller is responsible for this.
+ * File objects will also no longer delete the passed IOStream objects. It
+   should be done in the caller code after the File object is no longer
+   used.
+ * Added ID3v2::Tag::setLatin1StringHandler for custom handling of
+   latin1-encoded text in ID3v2 frames.
+ * Fixed validation of ID3v2 frame IDs (IDs with '0' were ignored).
+
+1.8 BETA:
+
  * New API for accessing tags by name.
  * New abstract I/O stream layer to allow custom I/O handlers.
  * Support for writing ID3v2.3 tags.