diff --git a/manifest.json b/manifest.json
index dd939fca..a88b26eb 100644
--- a/manifest.json
+++ b/manifest.json
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     "default_popup": "popup/popup.html"
   },
   "permissions": ["storage", "bookmarks", "history", "notifications", "webRequest", "webRequestBlocking", "<all_urls>", "tabs", "menus"],
-  "version": "1.7",
+  "version": "1.8",
   "web_accessible_resources": [
     "pages/subscribe/subscribe.html"
   ]