diff --git a/.github/bump-version.sh b/.github/bump-version.sh
index c770910145..033147f969 100644
--- a/.github/bump-version.sh
+++ b/.github/bump-version.sh
@@ -28,4 +28,8 @@ GLOBAL_JSON=$(jq \
 	global.json)
 echo "$GLOBAL_JSON" > global.json
 
-sed -i'' -E "s/<(Current(Assembly(File)?)?Version)>([0-9]+\.){2}[0-9]+<\/\1>/<\1>$VERSION<\/\1>/" Directory.Build.props
+s=$(command -v gsed || command -v sed)
+
+"$s" -i'' -E "s/<(Current(Assembly(File)?)?Version)>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+<\/\1>/<\1>$VERSION<\/\1>/" Directory.Build.props
+
+"$s" -i'' -E "s/(next release of opensearch\-net, which should be \*\*)[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(\*\*\.)/\1$VERSION\2/" README.md
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml b/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
index 143e338da4..005626f0a9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           secret: ${{ github.TOKEN }}
           approvers: ${{ steps.get_approvers.outputs.approvers }}
-          minimum-approvals: 2
+          minimum-approvals: 1
           issue-title: 'Release opensearch-net'
           issue-body: "Please approve or deny the release of opensearch-net \n **TAG**: ${{ github.ref_name }}  \n **COMMIT**: ${{ github.sha }}"
           exclude-workflow-initiator-as-approver: true
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5d0142c3db..d2ce609066 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ Inspired from [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 ### Added
+
+### Dependencies
+
+## [1.8.0]
+### Added
 - Added support for the `neural` query type and `text_embedding` ingest processor type ([#636](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-net/pull/636))
 - Added support for the `Cat.PitSegments` and `Cat.SegmentReplication` APIs ([#527](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-net/pull/527))
 - Added support for `MinScore` on `ScriptScoreQuery` ([#624](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-net/pull/624))
@@ -185,7 +190,8 @@ Inspired from [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 - Bumps `System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource` from 5.0.0 to 6.0.0
 - Bumps `Microsoft.NETFramework.ReferenceAssemblies` from 1.0.0-preview.2 to 1.0.3
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-net/compare/v1.7.1...1.x
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-net/compare/v1.8.0...1.x
+[1.8.0]: https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-net/compare/v1.7.1...v1.8.0
 [1.7.1]: https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-net/compare/v1.7.0...v1.7.1
 [1.7.0]: https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-net/compare/v1.6.0...v1.7.0
 [1.6.0]: https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-net/compare/v1.5.0...v1.6.0