diff --git a/livekit-api/pyproject.toml b/livekit-api/pyproject.toml
index ef36ec68..6e9552b2 100644
--- a/livekit-api/pyproject.toml
+++ b/livekit-api/pyproject.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "aiohttp>=3.9.0",
     "protobuf>=4",
     "types-protobuf>=4",
-    "livekit-protocol>=1.1.7,<2.0.0",
+    "livekit-protocol>=1.1.8,<2.0.0",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]
diff --git a/livekit-protocol/livekit/protocol/version.py b/livekit-protocol/livekit/protocol/version.py
index bf788263..3d30a5ff 100644
--- a/livekit-protocol/livekit/protocol/version.py
+++ b/livekit-protocol/livekit/protocol/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.1.7"
+__version__ = "1.1.8"