Post release main (#798)

* Updating envoy version to latest

* Updating changelog and versions

Author: pajay-rao

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+## 1.8.0 (July 21, 2025)
+
+IMPROVEMENTS:
+
+* `Update `golang.org/x/net` to v0.37.0.`
+* `Update `golang.org/x/sys` to v0.31.0.`
+* `Update `golang.org/x/text` to v0.23.0.` [[GH-702](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-dataplane/pull/702)]
+
 ## 1.7.1 (May 22, 2025)
 
 SECURITY:

pkg/version/version.go

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ var (
 	//
 	// Version must conform to the format expected by github.com/hashicorp/go-version
 	// for tests to work.
-	Version = "1.7.2"
+	Version = "1.8.1"
 
 	// A pre-release marker for the version. If this is "" (empty string)
 	// then it means that it is a final release. Otherwise, this is a pre-release