diff --git a/.github/issue_template.md b/.github/issue_template.md
index b692773..09a7429 100644
--- a/.github/issue_template.md
+++ b/.github/issue_template.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ A new issue about a bug should be verified with a minimized example.
 
 ###### Environment
 
-- lua-resty-openidc version (e.g. 1.7.6)
+- lua-resty-openidc version (e.g. 1.8.0)
 - OpenID Connect provider (e.g. Keycloak, Azure AD)
 
 ###### Expected behaviour
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b43a2a7..bfbd6c4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+09/13/204
+- cross-tenant requests are fixed with lua-resty session 4.0.x; closes #526
+- release 1.8.0
+
 09/09/2024
 - merge support for lua-resty-session 4.x; see #489; closes #464 #480 #503; thanks @oldium @balajiv113
 - add @oldium to the primary AUTHORS
diff --git a/lib/resty/openidc.lua b/lib/resty/openidc.lua
index 1c0eed1..3ac7f20 100644
--- a/lib/resty/openidc.lua
+++ b/lib/resty/openidc.lua
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ local supported_token_auth_methods = {
 }
 
 local openidc = {
-  _VERSION = "1.7.6"
+  _VERSION = "1.8.0"
 }
 openidc.__index = openidc
 
diff --git a/lua-resty-openidc-1.7.6-3.rockspec b/lua-resty-openidc-1.8.0-1.rockspec
similarity index 97%
rename from lua-resty-openidc-1.7.6-3.rockspec
rename to lua-resty-openidc-1.8.0-1.rockspec
index ad4819d..b6fc3c9 100644
--- a/lua-resty-openidc-1.7.6-3.rockspec
+++ b/lua-resty-openidc-1.8.0-1.rockspec
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 package = "lua-resty-openidc"
-version = "1.7.6-3"
+version = "1.8.0-1"
 source = {
     url = "git+https://github.com/zmartzone/lua-resty-openidc",
-    tag = "v1.7.6",
+    tag = "v1.8.0",
     dir = "lua-resty-openidc"
 }
 description = {