diff --git a/maven/pom.xml b/maven/pom.xml
index 29b857d501..5bba9570a3 100644
--- a/maven/pom.xml
+++ b/maven/pom.xml
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
     <artifactId>scm</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm.maven</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-maven-plugins</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8</version>
   <name>scm-maven-plugins</name>
 
   <modules>
diff --git a/maven/scm-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/maven/scm-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index e77725d311..fd4fd0bbdd 100644
--- a/maven/scm-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven/scm-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>scm-maven-plugins</artifactId>
     <groupId>sonia.scm.maven</groupId>
-    <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8</version>
   </parent>
   
   <groupId>sonia.scm.maven</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-  <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8</version>
   <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
   <name>scm-maven-plugin</name>
 
diff --git a/maven/scm-plugin-archetype/pom.xml b/maven/scm-plugin-archetype/pom.xml
index 7799d75f7b..ca44b535a3 100644
--- a/maven/scm-plugin-archetype/pom.xml
+++ b/maven/scm-plugin-archetype/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>scm-maven-plugins</artifactId>
     <groupId>sonia.scm.maven</groupId>
-    <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm.maven</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-plugin-archetype</artifactId>
-  <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8</version>
   <name>scm-plugin-archetype</name>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0704ddf50d..3a2ac2861e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8</version>
   <description>
     The easiest way to share your Git, Mercurial
     and Subversion repositories over http.
diff --git a/scm-clients/pom.xml b/scm-clients/pom.xml
index 160ab11812..38037e4f3d 100644
--- a/scm-clients/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-clients/pom.xml
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
     <artifactId>scm</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm.clients</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-clients</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8</version>
   <name>scm-clients</name>
 
   <modules>
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.8</version>
     </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/scm-clients/scm-cli-client/pom.xml b/scm-clients/scm-cli-client/pom.xml
index 6b0514df79..ac118e4f31 100644
--- a/scm-clients/scm-cli-client/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-clients/scm-cli-client/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>scm-clients</artifactId>
     <groupId>sonia.scm.clients</groupId>
-    <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8</version>
   </parent>
   
   <groupId>sonia.scm.clients</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-cli-client</artifactId>
-  <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8</version>
   <name>scm-cli-client</name>
 
   <dependencies>
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <artifactId>scm-core</artifactId>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
-      <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.8</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <artifactId>guice</artifactId>
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm.clients</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-client-impl</artifactId>
-      <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.8</version>
     </dependency>
     
     <dependency>
diff --git a/scm-clients/scm-client-api/pom.xml b/scm-clients/scm-client-api/pom.xml
index 40db515959..2b8ed1aa8d 100644
--- a/scm-clients/scm-client-api/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-clients/scm-client-api/pom.xml
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>sonia.scm.clients</groupId>
     <artifactId>scm-clients</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm.clients</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-client-api</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8</version>
   <name>scm-client-api</name>
   
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/scm-clients/scm-client-impl/pom.xml b/scm-clients/scm-client-impl/pom.xml
index 7573a84a67..458ace5c22 100644
--- a/scm-clients/scm-client-impl/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-clients/scm-client-impl/pom.xml
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>sonia.scm.clients</groupId>
     <artifactId>scm-clients</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm.clients</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-client-impl</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8</version>
   <name>scm-client-impl</name>
   
   <dependencies>
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <artifactId>scm-core</artifactId>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
-      <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.8</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <artifactId>aopalliance</artifactId>
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm.clients</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-client-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.8</version>
     </dependency>
     
     <dependency>
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-test</artifactId>
-      <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.8</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     
diff --git a/scm-core/pom.xml b/scm-core/pom.xml
index a50184b3a9..14060580c4 100644
--- a/scm-core/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-core/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>scm</artifactId>
     <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
-    <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-core</artifactId>
-  <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8</version>
   <name>scm-core</name>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/scm-plugin-backend/pom.xml b/scm-plugin-backend/pom.xml
index 9a9ca6852f..262e76e347 100644
--- a/scm-plugin-backend/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-plugin-backend/pom.xml
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>scm</artifactId>
     <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
-    <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-plugin-backend</artifactId>
   <packaging>war</packaging>
-  <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8</version>
   <name>${project.artifactId}</name>
 
   <dependencies>
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.8</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/scm-plugins/pom.xml b/scm-plugins/pom.xml
index 1f86b58470..f6379937e4 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
     <artifactId>scm</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-plugins</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8</version>
   <name>scm-plugins</name>
 
   <modules>
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.8</version>
     </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>sonia.scm.maven</groupId>
         <artifactId>scm-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.8</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <phase>process-resources</phase>
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/pom.xml b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/pom.xml
index 61f0701102..34f3217fbe 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>scm-plugins</artifactId>
     <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
-    <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-git-plugin</artifactId>
-  <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8</version>
   <name>scm-git-plugin</name>
   <url>https://bitbucket.org/sdorra/scm-manager</url>
   <description>Plugin for the version control system Git</description>
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-test</artifactId>
-      <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.8</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/pom.xml b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/pom.xml
index 2ad2e84bad..6e66509979 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
     <artifactId>scm-plugins</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-hg-plugin</artifactId>
-  <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8</version>
   <name>scm-hg-plugin</name>
   <url>https://bitbucket.org/sdorra/scm-manager</url>
   <description>Plugin for the version control system Mercurial</description>
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-test</artifactId>
-      <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.8</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/pom.xml b/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/pom.xml
index eb7830071c..6b7087dc45 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>scm-plugins</artifactId>
     <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
-    <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-svn-plugin</artifactId>
-  <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8</version>
   <name>scm-svn-plugin</name>
   <url>https://bitbucket.org/sdorra/scm-manager</url>
   <description>Plugin for the version control system Subversion</description>
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-test</artifactId>
-      <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.8</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/scm-samples/pom.xml b/scm-samples/pom.xml
index 73dbd9c9a8..00fc6a2cbb 100644
--- a/scm-samples/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-samples/pom.xml
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
     <artifactId>scm</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm.samples</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-samples</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8</version>
   <name>scm-samples</name>
 
   <modules>
diff --git a/scm-samples/scm-sample-auth/pom.xml b/scm-samples/scm-sample-auth/pom.xml
index d2471ad57a..a90997369d 100644
--- a/scm-samples/scm-sample-auth/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-samples/scm-sample-auth/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>scm-samples</artifactId>
     <groupId>sonia.scm.samples</groupId>
-    <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm.sample</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-sample-auth</artifactId>
-  <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8</version>
   <name>scm-sample-auth</name>
   <description>Sample Authentication Plugin</description>
   <url>https://bitbucket.org/sdorra/scm-manager</url>
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.8</version>
     </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/scm-samples/scm-sample-hello/pom.xml b/scm-samples/scm-sample-hello/pom.xml
index 2bdbdf2ff4..48ea92d4bf 100644
--- a/scm-samples/scm-sample-hello/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-samples/scm-sample-hello/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>scm-samples</artifactId>
     <groupId>sonia.scm.samples</groupId>
-    <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm.sample</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-sample-hello</artifactId>
-  <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8</version>
   <name>scm-sample-hello</name>
   <description>A simple hello world plugin</description>
   <url>https://bitbucket.org/sdorra/scm-manager</url>
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.8</version>
     </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/scm-server/pom.xml b/scm-server/pom.xml
index 9d5913c885..7e6d875cc0 100644
--- a/scm-server/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-server/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>scm</artifactId>
     <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
-    <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-server</artifactId>
-  <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8</version>
   <name>scm-server</name>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
diff --git a/scm-test/pom.xml b/scm-test/pom.xml
index 110321c851..0700f86c20 100644
--- a/scm-test/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-test/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>scm</artifactId>
     <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
-    <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-test</artifactId>
-  <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8</version>
   <name>scm-test</name>
   
   <dependencies>
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.8</version>
     </dependency>
     
     <dependency>
diff --git a/scm-webapp/pom.xml b/scm-webapp/pom.xml
index ff1bc18590..69eba57d77 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
     <artifactId>scm</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-webapp</artifactId>
   <packaging>war</packaging>
-  <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8</version>
   <name>scm-webapp</name>
 
   <dependencies>
@@ -36,25 +36,25 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.8</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-hg-plugin</artifactId>
-      <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.8</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-svn-plugin</artifactId>
-      <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.8</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-git-plugin</artifactId>
-      <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.8</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-test</artifactId>
-      <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.8</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>