diff --git a/.SRCINFO b/.SRCINFO
index 71c3f30..59735fc 100644
--- a/.SRCINFO
+++ b/.SRCINFO
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pkgbase = signal-desktop-beta-bin
 	pkgdesc = Private messaging from your desktop
-	pkgver = 1.7.0beta.3
+	pkgver = 1.8.0beta.1
 	pkgrel = 1
 	url = https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-Desktop#readme
 	install = signal-desktop-beta-bin.install
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ pkgbase = signal-desktop-beta-bin
 	depends = libxss
 	options = !strip
 	options = !emptydirs
-	source = https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt/pool/main/s/signal-desktop-beta/signal-desktop-beta_1.7.0-beta.3_amd64.deb
-	sha512sums = 1c7e76833fa9fd49b4fa96cb395d3e314ea23f4c0c75dc6f6193657c1d738f066736a7d8186f30daa7404a6eb369802ace9b199c44665f5f56461eb1f1b50513
+	source = https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt/pool/main/s/signal-desktop-beta/signal-desktop-beta_1.8.0-beta.1_amd64.deb
+	sha512sums = e8bd9cb761ad83fa5d7d37e7e76d164315f93d06782ba68842261d47e8a09ab044cd347500e4d3f6fd0b17ce44e820bb9fb256c1bf539953c020e1f10c4c16cf
 
 pkgname = signal-desktop-beta-bin
 
diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 5929bfd..657fffc 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Maintainer: Nemo <archlinux at captnemo dot in>
 pkgname=signal-desktop-beta-bin
-pkgver=1.7.0beta.3
+pkgver=1.8.0beta.1
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Private messaging from your desktop"
 arch=('x86_64')
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ license=('GPL3')
 depends=('gconf' 'gtk2' 'libnotify' 'libxtst' 'nss' 'xdg-utils' 'libxss')
 options=('!strip' '!emptydirs')
 install=${pkgname}.install
-source=("https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt/pool/main/s/signal-desktop-beta/signal-desktop-beta_1.7.0-beta.3_amd64.deb")
-sha512sums=('1c7e76833fa9fd49b4fa96cb395d3e314ea23f4c0c75dc6f6193657c1d738f066736a7d8186f30daa7404a6eb369802ace9b199c44665f5f56461eb1f1b50513')
+source=("https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt/pool/main/s/signal-desktop-beta/signal-desktop-beta_1.8.0-beta.1_amd64.deb")
+sha512sums=('e8bd9cb761ad83fa5d7d37e7e76d164315f93d06782ba68842261d47e8a09ab044cd347500e4d3f6fd0b17ce44e820bb9fb256c1bf539953c020e1f10c4c16cf')
 
 package(){
     # Extract package data