diff --git a/android/version.properties b/android/version.properties
index 6f3f4c07..bb9250c0 100644
--- a/android/version.properties
+++ b/android/version.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
 # This file was automatically generated by 'versioning-plugin'. DO NOT EDIT MANUALLY.
 #
-versioning-plugin.versionCode=10700
-versioning-plugin.versionName=1.7.0
+versioning-plugin.versionCode=10800
+versioning-plugin.versionName=1.8.0-SNAPSHOT
diff --git a/distribution/whatsnew/whatsnew-en-GB b/distribution/whatsnew/whatsnew-en-GB
index 14e3eb4b..e69de29b 100644
--- a/distribution/whatsnew/whatsnew-en-GB
+++ b/distribution/whatsnew/whatsnew-en-GB
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-Changelog
-
-- Switch to Compose Material's swipe refresh feature
-- Change metadata extractor logic to no longer prefer canonical URLs.
-  The submitted URL will be retained as-is now.
-- Remove navigation transition animations