diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4e543a7..d4f8331 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ GO=go
 GOLDFLAGS=-v -s -w -X main.VersionString=$(PROGRAM_VERSION)
 GOBUILDFLAGS+=-v -p $(shell nproc) -ldflags="$(GOLDFLAGS)"
 PROGRAM=thalos-server
-PROGRAM_VERSION ?= 1.1.7
+PROGRAM_VERSION ?= 1.1.8-rc1
 PREFIX=/usr/local
 BINDIR=$(PREFIX)/bin
 CFGDIR=$(PREFIX)/etc/thalos
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index a3ab8cc..6e5c94a 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+thalos (1.1.8~rc1) bionic focal jammy; urgency=medium
+
+  * Support for wildcard contracts in Blacklist
+
+ -- Henrik Hautakoski <henrik.hautakoski@gmail.com>  Wed, 04 Dec 2024 15:19:53 +0100
+
 thalos (1.1.7) bionic focal jammy; urgency=medium
 
   * ship: set MaxMessagesInFlight to 1. This forces the client/server to ack
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 40308ee..8a27563 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 FROM alpine:latest
 LABEL maintainer="Henrik Hautakoski <henrik.Hautakoski@gmail.com>"
-ARG VERSION=1.1.7
+ARG VERSION=1.1.8-rc1
 WORKDIR /thalos
 ADD --chmod=755 https://github.com/eosswedenorg/thalos/releases/download/v$VERSION/thalos-server-${VERSION}-linux-amd64-musl thalos-server
 ENTRYPOINT [ "./thalos-server" ]