diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3e96576..43df84f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.1.8] - 2026-09-16
+
 - upgrade dependencies
 - ignore `@types/node` in `maintain:outdated` (misleading `latest` dist-tag)
 - require extremely concise prose in `development/`
@@ -46,7 +48,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - basic setup
 
-[Unreleased]: https://gitea.e1nsnull.de/tmu/tiny-pattern-ts/compare/0.1.7...main
+[Unreleased]: https://gitea.e1nsnull.de/tmu/tiny-pattern-ts/compare/0.1.8...main
+[0.1.8]: https://gitea.e1nsnull.de/tmu/tiny-pattern-ts/compare/0.1.7...0.1.8
 [0.1.7]: https://gitea.e1nsnull.de/tmu/tiny-pattern-ts/compare/0.1.6...0.1.7
 [0.1.6]: https://gitea.e1nsnull.de/tmu/tiny-pattern-ts/compare/0.1.5...0.1.6
 [0.1.5]: https://gitea.e1nsnull.de/tmu/tiny-pattern-ts/compare/0.1.4...0.1.5
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 5433a69..16cfebb 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
     "name": "tiny-pattern-ts",
-    "version": "0.1.7",
+    "version": "0.1.8",
     "lockfileVersion": 3,
     "requires": true,
     "packages": {
         "": {
             "name": "tiny-pattern-ts",
-            "version": "0.1.7",
+            "version": "0.1.8",
             "license": "MIT",
             "devDependencies": {
                 "@arethetypeswrong/cli": "^0.18.5",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d1c2c53..b68565c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "tiny-pattern-ts",
-    "version": "0.1.7",
+    "version": "0.1.8",
     "description": "Pattern matching for TypeScript/ESM environments (F#-style, not regex)",
     "keywords": [
         "adt",