diff --git a/discovery/local/pom.xml b/discovery/local/pom.xml
index 9da464e..2715034 100644
--- a/discovery/local/pom.xml
+++ b/discovery/local/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.aries.rsa</groupId>
         <artifactId>org.apache.aries.rsa.parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.8.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/discovery/pom.xml b/discovery/pom.xml
index 4297c26..0ce67e3 100644
--- a/discovery/pom.xml
+++ b/discovery/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <parent>
       <groupId>org.apache.aries.rsa</groupId>
       <artifactId>org.apache.aries.rsa.parent</artifactId>
-      <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/discovery/zookeeper/pom.xml b/discovery/zookeeper/pom.xml
index b2f718b..e5c8bdf 100644
--- a/discovery/zookeeper/pom.xml
+++ b/discovery/zookeeper/pom.xml
@@ -17,14 +17,13 @@
   specific language governing permissions and limitations
   under the License.
 -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.aries.rsa</groupId>
         <artifactId>org.apache.aries.rsa.parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.8.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/examples/echotcp/api/pom.xml b/examples/echotcp/api/pom.xml
index 436a033..683d6cd 100644
--- a/examples/echotcp/api/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/echotcp/api/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.aries.rsa.examples</groupId>
     <artifactId>org.apache.aries.rsa.examples.echotcp</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.0</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.aries.rsa.examples.echotcp</groupId>
diff --git a/examples/echotcp/consumer/pom.xml b/examples/echotcp/consumer/pom.xml
index 94cde91..ac54868 100644
--- a/examples/echotcp/consumer/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/echotcp/consumer/pom.xml
@@ -17,13 +17,12 @@
   specific language governing permissions and limitations
   under the License.
 -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.aries.rsa.examples</groupId>
         <artifactId>org.apache.aries.rsa.examples.echotcp</artifactId>
-        <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.8.0</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.aries.rsa.examples.echotcp</groupId>
diff --git a/examples/echotcp/pom.xml b/examples/echotcp/pom.xml
index 021f2d0..f695aa5 100644
--- a/examples/echotcp/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/echotcp/pom.xml
@@ -9,13 +9,12 @@
     License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS 
     OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific 
     language governing permissions and limitations under the License. -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.aries.rsa</groupId>
         <artifactId>org.apache.aries.rsa.examples</artifactId>
-        <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.8.0</version>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.aries.rsa.examples</groupId>
     <artifactId>org.apache.aries.rsa.examples.echotcp</artifactId>
diff --git a/examples/echotcp/service/pom.xml b/examples/echotcp/service/pom.xml
index dbfb604..5e1204d 100644
--- a/examples/echotcp/service/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/echotcp/service/pom.xml
@@ -17,13 +17,12 @@
   specific language governing permissions and limitations
   under the License.
 -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.aries.rsa.examples</groupId>
         <artifactId>org.apache.aries.rsa.examples.echotcp</artifactId>
-        <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.8.0</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.aries.rsa.examples.echotcp</groupId>
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 4c51496..e0ec0d7 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
       <groupId>org.apache.aries.rsa</groupId>
       <artifactId>org.apache.aries.rsa.parent</artifactId>
-      <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/features/pom.xml b/features/pom.xml
index a38df9a..0a0bb43 100644
--- a/features/pom.xml
+++ b/features/pom.xml
@@ -9,15 +9,14 @@
     License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS 
     OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific 
     language governing permissions and limitations under the License. -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.aries.rsa</groupId>
         <artifactId>org.apache.aries.rsa.parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.8.0</version>
         <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/itests/felix/pom.xml b/itests/felix/pom.xml
index b66041e..9509482 100644
--- a/itests/felix/pom.xml
+++ b/itests/felix/pom.xml
@@ -9,15 +9,14 @@
     License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS 
     OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific 
     language governing permissions and limitations under the License. -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.aries.rsa</groupId>
         <artifactId>org.apache.aries.rsa.itests</artifactId>
-        <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.8.0</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/itests/pom.xml b/itests/pom.xml
index 6ec1d53..c1de7dc 100644
--- a/itests/pom.xml
+++ b/itests/pom.xml
@@ -9,15 +9,14 @@
     License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS 
     OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific 
     language governing permissions and limitations under the License. -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.aries.rsa</groupId>
         <artifactId>org.apache.aries.rsa.parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.8.0</version>
         <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index bf68785..e3bee73 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@
     License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS 
     OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific 
     language governing permissions and limitations under the License. -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <parent>
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.apache.aries.rsa</groupId>
     <artifactId>org.apache.aries.rsa.parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.0</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>Aries Remote Service Admin Parent</name>
 
@@ -284,4 +283,8 @@
         </profile>
     </profiles>
 
+
+  <scm>
+    <tag>org.apache.aries.rsa-1.8.0</tag>
+  </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3ad6895..3db3bea 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.aries.rsa</groupId>
         <artifactId>org.apache.aries.rsa.parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.8.0</version>
         <relativePath>parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <scm>
         <connection>scm:git:http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/aries-rsa.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/aries-rsa.git</developerConnection>
-        <tag>HEAD</tag>
+        <tag>org.apache.aries.rsa-1.8.0</tag>
     </scm>
 
     <issueManagement>
diff --git a/provider/pom.xml b/provider/pom.xml
index 56f655e..f15dd8f 100644
--- a/provider/pom.xml
+++ b/provider/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
       <groupId>org.apache.aries.rsa</groupId>
       <artifactId>org.apache.aries.rsa.parent</artifactId>
-      <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/provider/tcp/pom.xml b/provider/tcp/pom.xml
index 1c464ab..86f25bb 100644
--- a/provider/tcp/pom.xml
+++ b/provider/tcp/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.aries.rsa</groupId>
         <artifactId>org.apache.aries.rsa.parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.8.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/repository/pom.xml b/repository/pom.xml
index e20d3ab..c86bcdf 100644
--- a/repository/pom.xml
+++ b/repository/pom.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.aries.rsa</groupId>
         <artifactId>org.apache.aries.rsa.parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.8.0</version>
         <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>repository</artifactId>
diff --git a/rsa/pom.xml b/rsa/pom.xml
index 308b873..c435cf5 100644
--- a/rsa/pom.xml
+++ b/rsa/pom.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.aries.rsa</groupId>
         <artifactId>org.apache.aries.rsa.parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.8.0</version>
         <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>org.apache.aries.rsa.core</artifactId>
diff --git a/spi/pom.xml b/spi/pom.xml
index 6664db2..43b2eb7 100644
--- a/spi/pom.xml
+++ b/spi/pom.xml
@@ -17,14 +17,13 @@
   specific language governing permissions and limitations
   under the License.
 -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.aries.rsa</groupId>
         <artifactId>org.apache.aries.rsa.parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.8.0</version>
         <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>org.apache.aries.rsa.spi</artifactId>
diff --git a/topology-manager/pom.xml b/topology-manager/pom.xml
index cd32e75..e3b8ccd 100644
--- a/topology-manager/pom.xml
+++ b/topology-manager/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.aries.rsa</groupId>
         <artifactId>org.apache.aries.rsa.parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.8.0</version>
         <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>