diff --git a/pybis/src/python/CHANGELOG.md b/pybis/src/python/CHANGELOG.md
index 426b9c62b8b4186014e688449af79a27008dbfea..46ed388bea94c935b551f7bd5f3d25ae19085ea0 100644
--- a/pybis/src/python/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/pybis/src/python/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## Changes with pybis-1.8.0
+
+* better support for fetching entity-types (dataSetTypes, sampleTypes)
+* separation of propertyAssignments from entity-types
+* added .get_propertyAssignments() method to all entity-types
+
 ## Changes with pybis-1.7.6
 
 * bugfix dataset upload for relative files (e.g. ../../file or /User/username/file)
diff --git a/pybis/src/python/README.md b/pybis/src/python/README.md
index a5227766d19375126b193760ed40da217b837646..999cc7c1d9914643ee05ef305e72fc3219a00763 100644
--- a/pybis/src/python/README.md
+++ b/pybis/src/python/README.md
@@ -19,12 +19,22 @@ o.logout()
 ## Masterdata
 ```
 o.get_experiment_types()
+et = o.get_experiment_type('TEST')
+et.get_propertyAssignments()
+
 o.get_sample_types()
-o.get_sample_type('YEAST')
+st = o.get_sample_type('YEAST')
+et.get_propertyAssignments()
+
 o.get_material_types()
+mt = o.get_material_type('GENE')
+mt.get_propertyAssignments()
+
 o.get_dataset_types()
-o.get_dataset_types()[0]
-o.get_dataset_type('RAW_DATA')
+dst = o.get_dataset_types()[0]
+dst = o.get_dataset_type('RAW_DATA')
+dst.get_propertyAssignments()
+
 o.get_vocabularies()
 o.get_vocabulary('BACTERIAL_ANTIBIOTIC_RESISTANCE')
 o.get_terms(vocabulary='STORAGE')
diff --git a/pybis/src/python/pybis/__init__.py b/pybis/src/python/pybis/__init__.py
index a95468fb652c43c8a6ed8dd4afd97bfaf2714d7e..71d37fd9edda7328a4ac2cefa2bee77b037dd8fe 100644
--- a/pybis/src/python/pybis/__init__.py
+++ b/pybis/src/python/pybis/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = 'pybis'
 __author__ = 'Swen Vermeul'
 __email__ = 'swen@ethz.ch'
-__version__ = '1.7.6'
+__version__ = '1.8.0'
 
 from . import pybis
 from .pybis import Openbis
diff --git a/pybis/src/python/setup.py b/pybis/src/python/setup.py
index 73e35bb94fdf8f6a284f009960cce45aecfe3abe..523368bb8e1799be29fa6afd27c51104468283ab 100644
--- a/pybis/src/python/setup.py
+++ b/pybis/src/python/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ with open("README.md", "r", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
 
 setup(
     name='PyBIS',
-    version= '1.7.6',
+    version= '1.8.0',
     author='Swen Vermeul |  ID SIS | ETH Zürich',
     author_email='swen@ethz.ch',
     description='openBIS connection and interaction, optimized for using with Jupyter',