diff --git a/docs/Doxyfile b/docs/Doxyfile
index a486e26833..f122e68959 100644
--- a/docs/Doxyfile
+++ b/docs/Doxyfile
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = proteus
 # could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or if some version
 # control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 1.7.5.dev0
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 1.8.0
 # Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description
 # for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer a
 # quick idea about the purpose of the project. Keep the description short.
diff --git a/proteus/__init__.py b/proteus/__init__.py
index 5ae637a7ed..2483772aff 100644
--- a/proteus/__init__.py
+++ b/proteus/__init__.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     import pkgutil
     __path__ = pkgutil.extend_path(__path__, __name__)
 
-__version__ = '1.7.5dev'
+__version__ = '1.8.0'
 
 __all__ = ["Archiver",
            "Domain",
diff --git a/scripts/deploy.sh b/scripts/deploy.sh
index d484542bd5..1171798e7b 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy.sh
+++ b/scripts/deploy.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ if [ "$1" == "docs" ]; then
     fi
     git config --global user.email "travis@travis-ci.org"
     git config --global user.name "Travis CI"
-    git clone --branch master https://${GH_TOKEN}@github.com/erdc/proteus-docs.git ./docs/build > /dev/null 2>&1
+    git clone --branch main https://${GH_TOKEN}@github.com/erdc/proteus-docs.git ./docs/build > /dev/null 2>&1
     # check that docs folder exists
     if [[ -d ./docs/build ]]
     then
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ if [ "$1" == "docs" ]; then
       then
         git add . *
         git commit -m "Travis automatic docs build: $TRAVIS_BUILD_NUMBER"
-        git push origin master > /dev/null 2>&1
+        git push origin main > /dev/null 2>&1
       else
         echo "Error: wrong repository for docs; aborting"
         exit 1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8470845bd0..24907e84b7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@ def __str__(self):
 
 def setup_given_extensions(extensions):
     setup(name='proteus',
-          version='1.7.5dev',
+          version='1.8.0',
           classifiers=[
               'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
               'Environment :: Console',