diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 602aed7..6073474 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ The recommended way to use this library is to consume it from maven central whil
   <dependency>
       <groupId>software.amazon.msk</groupId>
       <artifactId>aws-msk-iam-auth</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.7</version>
+      <version>1.1.8</version>
   </dependency>
   ```
 If you want to use it with a pre-existing Kafka client, you could build the uber jar and place it in the Kafka client's
@@ -502,6 +502,10 @@ public static String UriEncode(CharSequence input, boolean encodeSlash) {
    
 ## Release Notes
 
+### Release 1.1.8
+- Add support for STS regional endpoint
+- Update AWS SDK dependencies to the latest to address the security vulnerabilities
+
 ### Release 1.1.7
 - Add support to pass session credentials to an STS role credential provider
 - Add support for external id for role-based authentication
diff --git a/src/main/resources/version.properties b/src/main/resources/version.properties
index 72402c2..d95eff3 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/version.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/version.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-#Updated on 2023-06-20T15:25:00Z
+#Updated on 2023-06-20T13:45:00Z
 platform=java
-version=1.1.7
+version=1.1.8