diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index c9c1f25..911d1db 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 Changes for this version of DIPLOMAT:
-- sidebar radiobutton label colors now update with video label colors when the colormap is changed in settings menu.
+- reworked occlusion logic to support decay, merge current visible and prior occluded probabilities through a maximum.
+- enter state is now being used again; patched a bug that made DIPLOMAT unable to use enter state when frames are missing body parts.
+- patched domination logic to avoid NaN probabilities when complete domination occurs immediately after the enter state is used.
+- applied sidebar radiobutton color fix from interactive mode to tweak mode. UI colors now update when the tracking colors update.
diff --git a/diplomat/__init__.py b/diplomat/__init__.py
index b37417c..f8b2b2d 100644
--- a/diplomat/__init__.py
+++ b/diplomat/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 A tool providing multi-animal tracking capabilities on top of other Deep learning based tracking software.
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.1.7"
+__version__ = "0.1.8"
 # Can be used by functions to determine if diplomat was invoked through it's CLI interface.
 CLI_RUN = False