From 0d712f99df5210d1effba293e826e32b06cf19e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Bardin <j.bardin@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2024 12:12:14 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Prepare for 1.8.0-alpha20240131 release

---
 CHANGELOG.md    | 2 +-
 version/VERSION | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 84bbefbe8a..c704b95297 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## 1.8.0 (Unreleased)
+## 1.8.0-alpha20240214 (February 14, 2024)
 
 UPGRADE NOTES:
 
diff --git a/version/VERSION b/version/VERSION
index 27f9cd322b..d50d1545e0 100644
--- a/version/VERSION
+++ b/version/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.8.0
+1.8.0-alpha20240214