diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index e36bd13d..29535c90 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,28 @@ Community Crypto Release Notes
 .. contents:: Topics
 
 
+v1.8.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix and feature release.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- Avoid internal ansible-core module_utils in favor of equivalent public API available since at least Ansible 2.9 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto/pull/253).
+- openssh certificate module utils - new module_utils for parsing OpenSSH certificates (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto/pull/246).
+- openssh_cert - added ``regenerate`` option to validate additional certificate parameters which trigger regeneration of an existing certificate (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto/pull/256).
+- openssh_cert - adding ``diff`` support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto/pull/255).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- openssh_cert - fixed certificate generation to restore original certificate if an error is encountered (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto/pull/255).
+- openssh_keypair - fixed a bug that prevented custom file attributes being applied to public keys (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto/pull/257).
+
 v1.7.1
 ======
 
diff --git a/changelogs/changelog.yaml b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
index 6eeccf53..36314f0f 100644
--- a/changelogs/changelog.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
@@ -479,3 +479,27 @@ releases:
     - 1.7.1.yml
     - 248-openssl_pkcs12-passphrase-fix.yml
     release_date: '2021-06-11'
+  1.8.0:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+      - openssh_cert - fixed certificate generation to restore original certificate
+        if an error is encountered (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto/pull/255).
+      - openssh_keypair - fixed a bug that prevented custom file attributes being
+        applied to public keys (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto/pull/257).
+      minor_changes:
+      - Avoid internal ansible-core module_utils in favor of equivalent public API
+        available since at least Ansible 2.9 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto/pull/253).
+      - openssh certificate module utils - new module_utils for parsing OpenSSH certificates
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto/pull/246).
+      - openssh_cert - added ``regenerate`` option to validate additional certificate
+        parameters which trigger regeneration of an existing certificate (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto/pull/256).
+      - openssh_cert - adding ``diff`` support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto/pull/255).
+      release_summary: Regular bugfix and feature release.
+    fragments:
+    - 1.8.0.yml
+    - 246-openssh-certificate-module-utils.yml
+    - 255-openssh_cert-adding-diff-support.yml
+    - 256-openssh_cert-adding-idempotency-option.yml
+    - 257-openssh-keypair-fix-pubkey-permissions.yml
+    - ansible-core-_text.yml
+    release_date: '2021-08-10'
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/1.8.0.yml b/changelogs/fragments/1.8.0.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b1469c9..00000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1.8.0.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: Regular bugfix and feature release.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/246-openssh-certificate-module-utils.yml b/changelogs/fragments/246-openssh-certificate-module-utils.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f6d1802..00000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/246-openssh-certificate-module-utils.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - openssh certificate module utils - new module_utils for parsing OpenSSH certificates (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto/pull/246).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/255-openssh_cert-adding-diff-support.yml b/changelogs/fragments/255-openssh_cert-adding-diff-support.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 164f9ddd..00000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/255-openssh_cert-adding-diff-support.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - openssh_cert - adding ``diff`` support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto/pull/255).
-bugfixes:
-  - openssh_cert - fixed certificate generation to restore original certificate if an error is encountered
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto/pull/255).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/256-openssh_cert-adding-idempotency-option.yml b/changelogs/fragments/256-openssh_cert-adding-idempotency-option.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index d415fd8d..00000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/256-openssh_cert-adding-idempotency-option.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - openssh_cert - added ``regenerate`` option to validate additional certificate parameters which trigger
-    regeneration of an existing certificate (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto/pull/256).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/257-openssh-keypair-fix-pubkey-permissions.yml b/changelogs/fragments/257-openssh-keypair-fix-pubkey-permissions.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 52aba8f4..00000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/257-openssh-keypair-fix-pubkey-permissions.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - openssh_keypair - fixed a bug that prevented custom file attributes being applied to public keys (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto/pull/257).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-core-_text.yml b/changelogs/fragments/ansible-core-_text.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index f376bded..00000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-core-_text.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-- "Avoid internal ansible-core module_utils in favor of equivalent public API available since at least Ansible 2.9 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto/pull/253)."