diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-access-approval/.release-please-manifest.json b/packages/google-cloud-access-approval/.release-please-manifest.json
index 78036ac149db..3800c0691dc9 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-access-approval/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-access-approval/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "1.7.5"
+    ".": "1.8.0"
 }
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-access-approval/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/google-cloud-access-approval/CHANGELOG.md
index 43de1c70c6b4..667cb54f60d2 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-access-approval/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-access-approval/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.8.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-access-approval/compare/v1.7.5...v1.8.0) (2022-11-04)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Add support for `google.cloud.accessapproval.__version__` ([#249](https://github.com/googleapis/python-access-approval/issues/249)) ([6fdeb64](https://github.com/googleapis/python-access-approval/commit/6fdeb6401beb710923fb1dde97b2949923398b43))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Add dict typing for client_options ([6fdeb64](https://github.com/googleapis/python-access-approval/commit/6fdeb6401beb710923fb1dde97b2949923398b43))
+* **deps:** require google-api-core >=1.33.2 ([6fdeb64](https://github.com/googleapis/python-access-approval/commit/6fdeb6401beb710923fb1dde97b2949923398b43))
+
 ## [1.7.5](https://github.com/googleapis/python-access-approval/compare/v1.7.4...v1.7.5) (2022-10-07)
 
 
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-access-approval/google/cloud/accessapproval/gapic_version.py b/packages/google-cloud-access-approval/google/cloud/accessapproval/gapic_version.py
index a782c13a007a..b334dccf50ad 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-access-approval/google/cloud/accessapproval/gapic_version.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-access-approval/google/cloud/accessapproval/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "1.7.5"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "1.8.0"  # {x-release-please-version}