diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a349205..c880662 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.8.0](https://github.com/localstack/localstack-toolkit-vscode/compare/v1.7.0...v1.8.0) (2026-06-25)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **feat:** [App Inspector](https://docs.localstack.cloud/aws/capabilities/web-app/app-inspector/) now includes text search for spans, so users can search traces by ARN fragments, resource names, payload snippets, and other span text.
+
 ## [1.7.0](https://github.com/localstack/localstack-toolkit-vscode/compare/v1.6.3...v1.7.0) (2026-05-21)
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 51bb9f9..5962c14 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	"publisher": "LocalStack",
 	"displayName": "LocalStack Toolkit",
 	"description": "LocalStack - Run locally, deploy globally!",
-	"version": "1.7.0",
+	"version": "1.8.0",
 	"engines": {
 		"node": ">=20",
 		"vscode": "^1.83.0"