diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eea155b..bb07fde 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.8.0](https://github.com/visgl/react-google-maps/compare/v1.7.1...v1.8.0) (2026-01-14)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **api-loader:** migrate to @googlemaps/js-api-loader ([#885](https://github.com/visgl/react-google-maps/issues/885)) ([4af51dd](https://github.com/visgl/react-google-maps/commit/4af51ddf42953a7b0ca3050be712aed0e8efce32))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* trigger release-please action ([0eaabeb](https://github.com/visgl/react-google-maps/commit/0eaabeba45349fae98118e38929d8111134a5ba5))
+
 ## [1.7.1](https://github.com/visgl/react-google-maps/compare/v1.7.0...v1.7.1) (2025-11-03)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 421f36f..1f73c60 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@vis.gl/react-google-maps",
-  "version": "1.7.1",
+  "version": "1.8.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@vis.gl/react-google-maps",
-      "version": "1.7.1",
+      "version": "1.8.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@googlemaps/js-api-loader": "^2.0.2",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bd9adfc..f331bc6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@vis.gl/react-google-maps",
-  "version": "1.7.1",
+  "version": "1.8.0",
   "description": "React components and hooks for the Google Maps JavaScript API",
   "source": "src/index.ts",
   "main": "dist/index.umd.js",