diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 4c2a3ed8..97cef54c 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-	".": "1.1.7"
+	".": "1.1.8"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 57ae1f3d..83e7ca46 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [1.1.8](https://github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-python-core/compare/v1.1.7...v1.1.8) (2024-12-18)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Fixes type hints and failing mypy checks ([85e8935](https://github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-python-core/commit/85e8935971adef13d4f5d1e55970c570ad267dda))
+
 ## [1.1.7](https://github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-python-core/compare/v1.1.6...v1.1.7) (2024-11-21)
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 26a081d6..7a4f74c7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 name = "msgraph-core"
 # The SDK version
 # x-release-please-start-version
-version = "1.1.7"
+version = "1.1.8"
 # x-release-please-end
 authors = [{name = "Microsoft", email = "graphtooling+python@microsoft.com"}]
 description = "Core component of the Microsoft Graph Python SDK"
diff --git a/src/msgraph_core/_constants.py b/src/msgraph_core/_constants.py
index 73f5a7bd..cbf02946 100644
--- a/src/msgraph_core/_constants.py
+++ b/src/msgraph_core/_constants.py
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
 DEFAULT_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT = 30
 # The SDK version
 # x-release-please-start-version
-SDK_VERSION = '1.1.7'
+SDK_VERSION = '1.1.8'
 # x-release-please-end
 MS_DEFAULT_SCOPE = 'https://graph.microsoft.com/.default'