diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7e473f4..ebdeb99 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+* fuse-overlayfs-1.7
+
+- fix read xattrs for device files
+- don't create whiteout files in opaque dirs.
+- fix reading files when running with euid != 0.
+- enable POSIX ACLs.
+
 * fuse-overlayfs-1.6
 
 - fix an invalid access when filtering internal xattrs that could
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a551ed8..56309b1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
-AC_INIT([fuse-overlayfs], [1.7-dev], [giuseppe@scrivano.org])
+AC_INIT([fuse-overlayfs], [1.8-dev], [giuseppe@scrivano.org])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([main.c])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 
diff --git a/tests/fedora-installs.sh b/tests/fedora-installs.sh
index 0039bc0..7f63480 100755
--- a/tests/fedora-installs.sh
+++ b/tests/fedora-installs.sh
@@ -205,11 +205,12 @@ touch merged/$(printf %${merged_max_filename_len}s | tr ' ' A})
 
 # If a file is removed but referenced, we must still be able to access it.
 echo 12345 | tee merged/toremove
-cat merged/toremove
-sleep 90 < merged/toremove &
+exec 3<> merged/toremove
+sleep 90 &
+exec 3>&-
 sleep_pid=$!
 rm merged/toremove
-grep 12345 /proc/$sleep_pid/fd/0
+grep 12345 /proc/$sleep_pid/fd/3
 
 touch merged/a merged/b
 chmod 6 merged/a