diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 6d8410e4..3b1e5640 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,17 @@
 Comtypes CHANGELOG
 ==================
 
+Release 1.1.8
+-------------
+ * Fix No module named 'comtypes.gen.stdole'. Thanks @fxthomas.
+ * Fix NumPy >= 1.16 support. Thanks @mobiusklein.
+ * Use the embedded timestamp for cache invalidation. Thanks @vijairaj.
+ * Allow customization of shutdown behavior (It fixes crash during exit in applications that embed Python). Thanks @lassoan.
+ * Extend GetModule() with CLSID support. Thanks @forderud.
+ * Fix invalid handling of WindowsError on Python 3. Thanks @leonardder.
+ * End bdist_wininst support in setup.py. Thanks @wkschwartz.
+ * Drop Windows CE support. Thanks @forderud.
+
 Release 1.1.7
 -------------
  * Fix command ``pip install comtypes --no-cache-dir --target="C:\tmp"`` (issue #158).
diff --git a/README b/README
index 5dad588b..207ba336 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ FFI library, in less than 10000 lines of code (not counting the
 tests).
 
 **comtypes** allows to define, call, and implement custom and
-dispatch-based COM interfaces in pure Python.  It works on Windows,
-64-bit Windows, and Windows CE.
+dispatch-based COM interfaces in pure Python.  It works on Windows and
+64-bit Windows. Windows CE support was dropped since comtypes==1.1.8.
 
 Documentation:
 
diff --git a/comtypes/__init__.py b/comtypes/__init__.py
index 0916a096..de972e74 100644
--- a/comtypes/__init__.py
+++ b/comtypes/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import os
 
 # comtypes version numbers follow semver (http://semver.org/) and PEP 440
-__version__ = "1.1.7"
+__version__ = "1.1.8"
 
 import logging
 class NullHandler(logging.Handler):