diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_layer.yml b/.github/workflows/build_layer.yml
index 8eef0c66..d5d65ec4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_layer.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_layer.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         arch: [arm64, amd64]
-        python_version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
+        python_version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
diff --git a/datadog_lambda/version.py b/datadog_lambda/version.py
index 26394e22..a23e0df6 100644
--- a/datadog_lambda/version.py
+++ b/datadog_lambda/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "8.118.0.dev0"
+__version__ = "8.118.0"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5f91a97d..0d08814f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "datadog_lambda"
-version = "8.118.0.dev0"
+version = "8.118.0"
 description = "The Datadog AWS Lambda Library"
 authors = ["Datadog, Inc. <dev@datadoghq.com>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"