diff --git a/NOTICE.txt b/NOTICE.txt
index 72a1ea9..5219de8 100644
--- a/NOTICE.txt
+++ b/NOTICE.txt
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 Copyright 2014-2019 The Apache Software Foundation
 
 This product includes software developed at
-The Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/).
+The Apache Software Foundation (https://www.apache.org/).
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 18e6fb9..448b0d3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/apache/commons-text.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/apache/commons-text)
 [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/apache/commons-text/badge.svg)](https://coveralls.io/r/apache/commons-text)
 [![Maven Central](https://maven-badges.herokuapp.com/maven-central/org.apache.commons/commons-text/badge.svg)](https://maven-badges.herokuapp.com/maven-central/org.apache.commons/commons-text/)
-[![Javadocs](https://javadoc.io/badge/org.apache.commons/commons-text/1.7.svg)](https://javadoc.io/doc/org.apache.commons/commons-text/1.7)
+[![Javadocs](https://javadoc.io/badge/org.apache.commons/commons-text/1.8.svg)](https://javadoc.io/doc/org.apache.commons/commons-text/1.8)
 
 Apache Commons Text is a library focused on algorithms working on strings.
 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 <dependency>
   <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
   <artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
-  <version>1.7</version>
+  <version>1.8</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/download_text.xml b/src/site/xdoc/download_text.xml
index e22e0e6..eea4f02 100644
--- a/src/site/xdoc/download_text.xml
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/download_text.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     <subsection name="Using a Mirror">
       <p>
         We recommend you use a mirror to download our release
-        builds, but you <strong>must</strong> <a href="http://www.apache.org/info/verification.html">verify the integrity</a> of
+        builds, but you <strong>must</strong> <a href="https://www.apache.org/info/verification.html">verify the integrity</a> of
         the downloaded files using signatures downloaded from our main
         distribution directories. Recent releases (48 hours) may not yet
         be available from all the mirrors.
@@ -113,32 +113,32 @@
       </p>
     </subsection>
     </section>
-    <section name="Apache Commons Text 1.7 (Java 8+)">
+    <section name="Apache Commons Text 1.8 (Java 8+)">
       <subsection name="Binaries">
         <table>
           <tr>
-              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/text/binaries/commons-text-1.7-bin.tar.gz">commons-text-1.7-bin.tar.gz</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/text/binaries/commons-text-1.7-bin.tar.gz.sha512">sha512</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/text/binaries/commons-text-1.7-bin.tar.gz.asc">pgp</a></td>
+              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/text/binaries/commons-text-1.8-bin.tar.gz">commons-text-1.8-bin.tar.gz</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/text/binaries/commons-text-1.8-bin.tar.gz.sha512">sha512</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/text/binaries/commons-text-1.8-bin.tar.gz.asc">pgp</a></td>
           </tr>
           <tr>
-              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/text/binaries/commons-text-1.7-bin.zip">commons-text-1.7-bin.zip</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/text/binaries/commons-text-1.7-bin.zip.sha512">sha512</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/text/binaries/commons-text-1.7-bin.zip.asc">pgp</a></td>
+              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/text/binaries/commons-text-1.8-bin.zip">commons-text-1.8-bin.zip</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/text/binaries/commons-text-1.8-bin.zip.sha512">sha512</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/text/binaries/commons-text-1.8-bin.zip.asc">pgp</a></td>
           </tr>
         </table>
       </subsection>
       <subsection name="Source">
         <table>
           <tr>
-              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/text/source/commons-text-1.7-src.tar.gz">commons-text-1.7-src.tar.gz</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/text/source/commons-text-1.7-src.tar.gz.sha512">sha512</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/text/source/commons-text-1.7-src.tar.gz.asc">pgp</a></td>
+              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/text/source/commons-text-1.8-src.tar.gz">commons-text-1.8-src.tar.gz</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/text/source/commons-text-1.8-src.tar.gz.sha512">sha512</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/text/source/commons-text-1.8-src.tar.gz.asc">pgp</a></td>
           </tr>
           <tr>
-              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/text/source/commons-text-1.7-src.zip">commons-text-1.7-src.zip</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/text/source/commons-text-1.7-src.zip.sha512">sha512</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/text/source/commons-text-1.7-src.zip.asc">pgp</a></td>
+              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/text/source/commons-text-1.8-src.zip">commons-text-1.8-src.zip</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/text/source/commons-text-1.8-src.zip.sha512">sha512</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/text/source/commons-text-1.8-src.zip.asc">pgp</a></td>
           </tr>
         </table>
       </subsection>
diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/issue-tracking.xml b/src/site/xdoc/issue-tracking.xml
index 167f329..6f1151d 100644
--- a/src/site/xdoc/issue-tracking.xml
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/issue-tracking.xml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 
       <p>
       For more information on subversion and creating patches see the
-      <a href="http://www.apache.org/dev/contributors.html">Apache Contributors Guide</a>.
+      <a href="https://www.apache.org/dev/contributors.html">Apache Contributors Guide</a>.
       </p>
 
       <p>
diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/mail-lists.xml b/src/site/xdoc/mail-lists.xml
index 6b47a00..866aa38 100644
--- a/src/site/xdoc/mail-lists.xml
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/mail-lists.xml
@@ -106,9 +106,9 @@
           <td><a href="mailto:user-unsubscribe@commons.apache.org">Unsubscribe</a></td>
           <td><a href="mailto:user@commons.apache.org?subject=[text]">Post</a></td>
           <td><a href="https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/commons-user/">mail-archives.apache.org</a></td>
-          <td><a href="http://markmail.org/list/org.apache.commons.users/">markmail.org</a><br />
-              <a href="http://www.mail-archive.com/user@commons.apache.org/">www.mail-archive.com</a><br />
-              <a href="http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.jakarta.commons.devel">news.gmane.org</a>
+          <td><a href="https://markmail.org/list/org.apache.commons.users/">markmail.org</a><br />
+              <a href="https://www.mail-archive.com/user@commons.apache.org/">www.mail-archive.com</a><br />
+              <a href="https://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.jakarta.commons.devel">news.gmane.org</a>
           </td>
         </tr>
 
@@ -124,9 +124,9 @@
           <td><a href="mailto:dev-unsubscribe@commons.apache.org">Unsubscribe</a></td>
           <td><a href="mailto:dev@commons.apache.org?subject=[text]">Post</a></td>
           <td><a href="https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/commons-dev/">mail-archives.apache.org</a></td>
-          <td><a href="http://markmail.org/list/org.apache.commons.dev/">markmail.org</a><br />
-              <a href="http://www.mail-archive.com/dev@commons.apache.org/">www.mail-archive.com</a><br />
-              <a href="http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.jakarta.commons.devel">news.gmane.org</a>
+          <td><a href="https://markmail.org/list/org.apache.commons.dev/">markmail.org</a><br />
+              <a href="https://www.mail-archive.com/dev@commons.apache.org/">www.mail-archive.com</a><br />
+              <a href="https://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.jakarta.commons.devel">news.gmane.org</a>
           </td>
         </tr>
 
@@ -142,8 +142,8 @@
           <td><a href="mailto:issues-unsubscribe@commons.apache.org">Unsubscribe</a></td>
           <td><i>read only</i></td>
           <td><a href="https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/commons-issues/">mail-archives.apache.org</a></td>
-          <td><a href="http://markmail.org/list/org.apache.commons.issues/">markmail.org</a><br />
-              <a href="http://www.mail-archive.com/issues@commons.apache.org/">www.mail-archive.com</a>
+          <td><a href="https://markmail.org/list/org.apache.commons.issues/">markmail.org</a><br />
+              <a href="https://www.mail-archive.com/issues@commons.apache.org/">www.mail-archive.com</a>
           </td>
         </tr>
 
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@
           <td><a href="mailto:commits-unsubscribe@commons.apache.org">Unsubscribe</a></td>
           <td><i>read only</i></td>
           <td><a href="https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/commons-commits/">mail-archives.apache.org</a></td>
-          <td><a href="http://markmail.org/list/org.apache.commons.commits/">markmail.org</a><br />
-              <a href="http://www.mail-archive.com/commits@commons.apache.org/">www.mail-archive.com</a>
+          <td><a href="https://markmail.org/list/org.apache.commons.commits/">markmail.org</a><br />
+              <a href="https://www.mail-archive.com/commits@commons.apache.org/">www.mail-archive.com</a>
           </td>
         </tr>
 
@@ -192,10 +192,10 @@
           <td><a class="externalLink" href="mailto:announce-unsubscribe@apache.org">Unsubscribe</a></td>
           <td><i>read only</i></td>
           <td><a class="externalLink" href="https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/">mail-archives.apache.org</a></td>
-          <td><a class="externalLink" href="http://markmail.org/list/org.apache.announce/">markmail.org</a><br />
-              <a class="externalLink" href="http://old.nabble.com/Apache-News-and-Announce-f109.html">old.nabble.com</a><br />
-              <a class="externalLink" href="http://www.mail-archive.com/announce@apache.org/">www.mail-archive.com</a><br />
-              <a class="externalLink" href="http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.apache.announce">news.gmane.org</a>
+          <td><a class="externalLink" href="https://markmail.org/list/org.apache.announce/">markmail.org</a><br />
+              <a class="externalLink" href="https://old.nabble.com/Apache-News-and-Announce-f109.html">old.nabble.com</a><br />
+              <a class="externalLink" href="https://www.mail-archive.com/announce@apache.org/">www.mail-archive.com</a><br />
+              <a class="externalLink" href="https://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.apache.announce">news.gmane.org</a>
           </td>
         </tr>
       </table>