diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f353e3f..a42fbd2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [v0.1.8]
+### Changed
+- Updated description in manifest
+
 ## [v0.1.7]
 ### Updated
 - `-profile conda` is no longer supported, users should use `-profile standard` (Docker) or `-profile singularity` instead
diff --git a/nextflow.config b/nextflow.config
index c599ae9..b6e9bc3 100644
--- a/nextflow.config
+++ b/nextflow.config
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ params {
     out_dir = "output"
     sample = null
     sample_sheet = null
-    wfversion = "v0.1.7"
+    wfversion = "v0.1.8"
     aws_image_prefix = null
     aws_queue = null
     process_label = "isoforms"
@@ -114,10 +114,10 @@ manifest {
     name            = 'epi2me-labs/wf-transcriptomes'
     author          = 'Oxford Nanopore Technologies'
     homePage        = 'https://github.com/epi2me-labs/wf-transcriptomes'
-    description     = 'Transcriptome analysis workflow including gene fusions and differential expression'
+    description     = 'Transcriptome analysis including gene fusions, differential expression as well as assembly and annotation of cDNA and direct RNA sequencing data.'
     mainScript      = 'main.nf'
     nextflowVersion = '>=20.10.0'
-    version         = 'v0.1.7'
+    version         = 'v0.1.8'
 }
 
 executor {
diff --git a/nextflow_schema.json b/nextflow_schema.json
index 95b503d..5624414 100644
--- a/nextflow_schema.json
+++ b/nextflow_schema.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema",
     "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/./master/nextflow_schema.json",
     "title": "epi2me-labs/wf-transcriptomes",
-    "description": "Transcriptome analysis workflow including gene fusions and differential expression.",
+    "description": "Transcriptome analysis including gene fusions, differential expression as well as assembly and annotation of cDNA and direct RNA sequencing data.",
     "demo_url": "https://ont-exd-int-s3-euwst1-epi2me-labs.s3.amazonaws.com/wf-transcriptomes/wf-transcriptomes-demo.tar.gz",
     "url": "https://github.com/epi2me-labs/wf-transcriptomes",
     "type": "object",
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@
         },
         "wfversion": {
             "type": "string",
-            "default": "v0.1.7",
+            "default": "v0.1.8",
             "hidden": true
         },
         "monochrome_logs": {