diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 36d80e5..7a657fc 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
-AC_INIT([uadk_engine], [1.7])
+AC_INIT([uadk_engine], [1.8])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.10 no-define])
 
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
diff --git a/docs/ReleaseNotes.md b/docs/ReleaseNotes.md
index 86249f1..27ff651 100644
--- a/docs/ReleaseNotes.md
+++ b/docs/ReleaseNotes.md
@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
+# UADK engine Release v1.8 June 2026
+
+## New Features
+- Provider: Support asynchronous SEC and AEAD switching to software computing
+- Provider: Adapt UADK provider with TLS 1.3
+- Provider: Adapt RSA key management with PSS padding mode and algorithm enable configuration
+
+## Fixes
+- RSA: Add input length validation and initialization parameter checks, set RSA sign hash flag, add outsize check in RSA encryption and add RSA-PSS query function
+- AEAD: Fix AEAD fallback to software on exception.
+- ECDH: Ensure proper ECDH key length and fix EC alloc sess return value.
+- SM2: Fix compilation warning, modify keygen return value, and remove soft field to match default provider structure size.
+- Async: Fix return value check for asynchronous request sending, and remove redundant async declarations.
+- Engine/ECC: Fix memory leak in ECX algorithm and remove unnecessary code
+- Performance: Reduce lock scope during provider initialization
+- Compatibility: Fix OpenSSL 3.5 compatibility issues
+
+## Working combination
+- UADK v2.11
+- OpenSSL 1.1.1f & OpenSSL 3.0+
 
 # UADK engine Release v1.7 Dec 2025
 
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index d30d599..94a31b4 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION = 1:7
+VERSION = 1:8
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 
 if HAVE_CRYPTO