Release 1.8.0

Change-Id: I431520b8c79e4dd2f825800b5b7cb56b1622edc1
Issue-ID: DCAEGEN2-3050
Signed-off-by: Joanna Jeremicz <joanna.jeremicz@nokia.com>
diff --git a/releases/1.8.0-container.yaml b/releases/1.8.0-container.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1d2a2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/1.8.0-container.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+distribution_type: 'container'
+container_release_tag: '1.8.0'
+project: 'dcaegen2-services-prh'
+log_dir: 'dcaegen2-services-prh-maven-docker-stage-master/938/'
+ref: 992e070cc195fcc291dbeb3e2f844ddc4b1364cd
+containers:
+  - name: 'org.onap.dcaegen2.services.prh.prh-app-server'
+    version: '1.8.0-20220215T075417Z'
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index cedaba1..6db90f2 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 major=1
-minor=7
-patch=1
+minor=8
+patch=0
 base_version=${major}.${minor}.${patch}
 release_version=${base_version}
 snapshot_version=${base_version}-SNAPSHOT