[maven-release-plugin] prepare release 1.0.8
diff --git a/driver-core/pom.xml b/driver-core/pom.xml
index 0184656..c62615a 100644
--- a/driver-core/pom.xml
+++ b/driver-core/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.datastax.cassandra</groupId>
     <artifactId>cassandra-driver-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0.8</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>cassandra-driver-core</artifactId>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
diff --git a/driver-examples/pom.xml b/driver-examples/pom.xml
index e19242e..ba19f7c 100644
--- a/driver-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/driver-examples/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.datastax.cassandra</groupId>
     <artifactId>cassandra-driver-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0.8</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>cassandra-driver-examples-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
diff --git a/driver-examples/stress/pom.xml b/driver-examples/stress/pom.xml
index d46567b..229098c 100644
--- a/driver-examples/stress/pom.xml
+++ b/driver-examples/stress/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.datastax.cassandra</groupId>
     <artifactId>cassandra-driver-examples-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0.8</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>cassandra-driver-examples-stress</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.datastax.cassandra</groupId>
       <artifactId>cassandra-driver-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.0.8</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9fa291d..dee7c52 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   
   <groupId>com.datastax.cassandra</groupId>
   <artifactId>cassandra-driver-parent</artifactId>
-  <version>1.0.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.0.8</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>DataStax Java Driver for Apache Cassandra</name>
   <description>A driver for Apache Cassandra 1.2+ that works exclusively with the Cassandra Query Language version 3 (CQL3) and Cassandra's binary protocol.</description>