diff --git a/tracing-core/CHANGELOG.md b/tracing-core/CHANGELOG.md
index 9a5e9e43cf..0bef0bdac6 100644
--- a/tracing-core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/tracing-core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,27 @@
+# 0.1.8 (December 20, 2019)
+
+### Added
+
+- `Default` impl for `Dispatch` (#411)
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Removed duplicate `lazy_static` dependencies (#424)
+- Fixed no-std dependencies being enabled even when `std` feature flag is set
+  (#424)
+- Broken link to `Metadata` in `Event` docs (#461)
+
+# 0.1.7 (October 18, 2019)
+
+### Added
+
+- Added `dispatcher::set_default` API which returns a drop guard (#388)
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Added missing `Value` impl for `u8` (#392)
+- Broken links in docs.
+
 # 0.1.7 (October 18, 2019)
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/tracing-core/README.md b/tracing-core/README.md
index 13973f9e34..8ea8b2c4c2 100644
--- a/tracing-core/README.md
+++ b/tracing-core/README.md
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ Core primitives for application-level tracing.
 [Documentation][docs-url] | [Chat][discord-url]
 
 [crates-badge]: https://img.shields.io/crates/v/tracing-core.svg
-[crates-url]: https://crates.io/crates/tracing-core/0.1.7
+[crates-url]: https://crates.io/crates/tracing-core/0.1.8
 [docs-badge]: https://docs.rs/tracing-core/badge.svg
-[docs-url]: https://docs.rs/tracing-core/0.1.7
+[docs-url]: https://docs.rs/tracing-core/0.1.8
 [docs-master-badge]: https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-master-blue
 [docs-master-url]: https://tracing-rs.netlify.com/tracing_core
 [mit-badge]: https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ The following crate feature flags are available:
 
   ```toml
   [dependencies]
-  tracing-core = { version = "0.1.7", default-features = false }
+  tracing-core = { version = "0.1.8", default-features = false }
   ```
 
   *Compiler support: requires rustc 1.39+*
@@ -79,16 +79,16 @@ The following crate feature flags are available:
   **Note**:`tracing-core`'s `no_std` support requires `liballoc`.
 
 [`tracing`]: ../tracing
-[`span::Id`]: https://docs.rs/tracing-core/0.1.7/tracing_core/span/struct.Id.html
-[`Event`]: https://docs.rs/tracing-core/0.1.7/tracing_core/event/struct.Event.html
-[`Subscriber`]: https://docs.rs/tracing-core/0.1.7/tracing_core/subscriber/trait.Subscriber.html
-[`Metadata`]: https://docs.rs/tracing-core/0.1.7/tracing_core/metadata/struct.Metadata.html
-[`Callsite`]: https://docs.rs/tracing-core/0.1.7/tracing_core/callsite/trait.Callsite.html
-[`Field`]: https://docs.rs/tracing-core/0.1.7/tracing_core/field/struct.Field.html
-[`FieldSet`]: https://docs.rs/tracing-core/0.1.7/tracing_core/field/struct.FieldSet.html
-[`Value`]: https://docs.rs/tracing-core/0.1.7/tracing_core/field/trait.Value.html
-[`ValueSet`]: https://docs.rs/tracing-core/0.1.7/tracing_core/field/struct.ValueSet.html
-[`Dispatch`]: https://docs.rs/tracing-core/0.1.7/tracing_core/dispatcher/struct.Dispatch.html
+[`span::Id`]: https://docs.rs/tracing-core/0.1.8/tracing_core/span/struct.Id.html
+[`Event`]: https://docs.rs/tracing-core/0.1.8/tracing_core/event/struct.Event.html
+[`Subscriber`]: https://docs.rs/tracing-core/0.1.8/tracing_core/subscriber/trait.Subscriber.html
+[`Metadata`]: https://docs.rs/tracing-core/0.1.8/tracing_core/metadata/struct.Metadata.html
+[`Callsite`]: https://docs.rs/tracing-core/0.1.8/tracing_core/callsite/trait.Callsite.html
+[`Field`]: https://docs.rs/tracing-core/0.1.8/tracing_core/field/struct.Field.html
+[`FieldSet`]: https://docs.rs/tracing-core/0.1.8/tracing_core/field/struct.FieldSet.html
+[`Value`]: https://docs.rs/tracing-core/0.1.8/tracing_core/field/trait.Value.html
+[`ValueSet`]: https://docs.rs/tracing-core/0.1.8/tracing_core/field/struct.ValueSet.html
+[`Dispatch`]: https://docs.rs/tracing-core/0.1.8/tracing_core/dispatcher/struct.Dispatch.html
 
 ## License
 
diff --git a/tracing-core/src/lib.rs b/tracing-core/src/lib.rs
index 0851137e2d..30f04891d4 100644
--- a/tracing-core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tracing-core/src/lib.rs
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 //!
 //!   ```toml
 //!   [dependencies]
-//!   tracing-core = { version = "0.1.7", default-features = false }
+//!   tracing-core = { version = "0.1.8", default-features = false }
 //!   ```
 //!
 //!   *Compiler support: requires rustc 1.39+*
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 //! [`Dispatch`]: dispatcher/struct.Dispatch.html
 //! [`tokio-rs/tracing`]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tracing
 //! [`tracing`]: https://crates.io/crates/tracing
-#![doc(html_root_url = "https://docs.rs/tracing-core/0.1.7")]
+#![doc(html_root_url = "https://docs.rs/tracing-core/0.1.8")]
 #![cfg_attr(not(feature = "std"), no_std)]
 #![warn(
     missing_debug_implementations,