---
date: 2022-04-15
slug: goreleaser-v1.8
categories:
  - announcements
authors:
  - caarlos0
---

# Announcing GoReleaser v1.8 — the GOAMD64 release

This release's biggest feature is the `GOAMD64` support.

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## **Highlights**

- support `GOAMD64`([#3016](https://github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/pull/3016))
- upgraded from `yaml.v2` to `yaml.v3`([#3004](https://github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/pull/3004))
- deprecate gofish ([#2999](https://github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/pull/2999))
- added Slack notification options ([#2988](https://github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/pull/2988))
- a lot of bug fixes and docs improvements

You can see the full changelog [here](https://github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/releases/tag/v1.8.0).

## **Other news**

- Still no community meeting, sorry 🫠. [Link](https://github.com/goreleaser/community/pull/2).
- Release Party though! Thanks to everyone who joined!
- [GoReleaser is now in the ThoughtWorks Technology Radar!](https://www.thoughtworks.com/radar/tools/goreleaser)
- GoReleaser now has ~9.9k stars and 271 contributors! Thanks, everyone!
- Our Discord server is getting new members almost daily. [Join and chat with us](https://discord.gg/RGEBtg8vQ6)!
- nFPM also had a release as well, [check it out](https://github.com/goreleaser/nfpm/releases).