diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e1f8903..9686057 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ contract.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.1.8] - 2026-09-29
+
+- Correct the installation example and release guidance in the README. Runtime
+  implementation and public contracts are unchanged from 0.1.7.
+
 ## [0.1.7] - 2026-09-21
 
 - Converge the ci-workflows callers on the signed 0.1.26 tag.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c608332..c682682 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ protocol, scheduler, or operating-system sandbox.
 Requires Go 1.26 or newer.
 
 ```sh
-go install github.com/NDDev-OpenNetwork/agent-runtime/cmd/agent-runtime@v0.1.7
+go install github.com/NDDev-OpenNetwork/agent-runtime/cmd/agent-runtime@v0.1.8
 agent-runtime task validate --manifest examples/basic/agent.json --workspace examples/basic
 agent-runtime task run --manifest examples/basic/agent.json --workspace examples/basic
 ```
@@ -93,8 +93,9 @@ The GitHub Release additionally carries `agent-runtime` CLI binaries for linux
 and darwin on both architectures, plus `SHA256SUMS`. Check a downloaded archive
 against that file before running it.
 
-The current release is `v0.1.7`; the line started at `v0.1.1`: this module path is
-new, so numbering from the repository it grew out of does not carry over.
+The example above pins `v0.1.8`. The line started at `v0.1.1`: this module
+path is new, so numbering from the repository it grew out of does not carry
+over. See the GitHub Releases page for newer tags.
 
 See [`docs/releasing.md`](docs/releasing.md) for the steps and for why a tag is
 irreversible.