diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index a2483230..44df4ec1 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+v0.1.8_RC1 (2025-01-22)
+-------------------
+
+- bug fixes for missing files when creating area
+- wrong properties corrected (spread-unsupplied-energy-cost and spread-spilled-energy-cost)
+
 v0.1.7 (2025-01-08)
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4fe0b293..bfbecc18 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "antares_craft"
-version = "0.1.7"
+version = "0.1.8_RC1"
 description = """Antares Craft python library under construction. It will allow to create, update and read antares studies."""
 readme = "CONCATENATED_README.md"
 license = {file = "LICENSE"}