diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 84c918a..0e7d349 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+### 1.8.0 (2015-01-03)
+
+ * Listed ext-mbstring in composer.json
+ * Added Stringy\create function for PHP 5.6
+
 ### 1.7.0 (2014-10-14)
 
  * Added containsAll and containsAny
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b0ba92a..ab7c837 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ in your composer.json file:
 ```json
 {
     "require": {
-        "danielstjules/stringy": "~1.7"
+        "danielstjules/stringy": "~1.8"
     }
 }
 ```