Update properties for the next release.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e123b88..9b31b72 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
<commons.componentid>text</commons.componentid>
<commons.module.name>org.apache.commons.text</commons.module.name>
- <commons.release.version>1.7</commons.release.version>
+ <commons.release.version>1.8</commons.release.version>
<commons.release.desc>(Java 8+)</commons.release.desc>
<commons.jira.id>TEXT</commons.jira.id>
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
<japicmp.skip>false</japicmp.skip>
<!-- Commons Release Plugin -->
- <commons.bc.version>1.6</commons.bc.version>
+ <commons.bc.version>1.7</commons.bc.version>
<commons.rc.version>RC1</commons.rc.version>
<commons.release.isDistModule>true</commons.release.isDistModule>
<commons.distSvnStagingUrl>scm:svn:https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/${commons.componentid}</commons.distSvnStagingUrl>