diff --git a/blobstore-basics/pom.xml b/blobstore-basics/pom.xml
index 233e19e..b26684d 100644
--- a/blobstore-basics/pom.xml
+++ b/blobstore-basics/pom.xml
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.examples</groupId>
   <artifactId>blobstore-basics</artifactId>
-  <version>1.7.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8.0</version>
   <name>blobstore-basics</name>
   <description>jclouds blobstore example that creates a container, then displays the size of each container</description>
 
   <properties>
-    <jclouds.version>1.7.2</jclouds.version>
+    <jclouds.version>1.8.0</jclouds.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/blobstore-largeblob/pom.xml b/blobstore-largeblob/pom.xml
index 978b170..66a0727 100644
--- a/blobstore-largeblob/pom.xml
+++ b/blobstore-largeblob/pom.xml
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.examples</groupId>
   <artifactId>blobstore-largeblob</artifactId>
-  <version>1.7.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8.0</version>
   <name>blobstore-largeblob</name>
   <description>jclouds blobstore example that creates a container, then uploads a large file using parallel multipart upload</description>
 
   <properties>
-    <jclouds.version>1.7.2</jclouds.version>
+    <jclouds.version>1.8.0</jclouds.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/chef-basics/pom.xml b/chef-basics/pom.xml
index 5d8c3b7..2d44dfd 100644
--- a/chef-basics/pom.xml
+++ b/chef-basics/pom.xml
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.examples</groupId>
   <artifactId>chef-basics</artifactId>
-  <version>1.7.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8.0</version>
   <name>chef-basics</name>
   <description>jclouds chef example that adds a node to a group, then installs an Apache web server on all nodes</description>
   
   <properties>
-    <jclouds.version>1.7.2</jclouds.version>
+    <jclouds.version>1.8.0</jclouds.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/compute-basics/pom.xml b/compute-basics/pom.xml
index e940682..7268c8c 100644
--- a/compute-basics/pom.xml
+++ b/compute-basics/pom.xml
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.examples</groupId>
   <artifactId>compute-basics</artifactId>
-  <version>1.7.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8.0</version>
   <name>compute-basics</name>
   <description>jclouds compute example that adds a node to a group, then executes "echo hello" on all nodes</description>
 
   <properties>
-    <jclouds.version>1.7.2</jclouds.version>
+    <jclouds.version>1.8.0</jclouds.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/google/pom.xml b/google/pom.xml
index a9dbcdf..f8c6fae 100644
--- a/google/pom.xml
+++ b/google/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.examples</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-examples</artifactId>
-  <version>1.7.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8.0</version>
   <name>google-examples</name>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2d4383a..5b2941f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.examples</groupId>
   <artifactId>jclouds-examples</artifactId>
-  <version>1.7.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8.0</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>jclouds examples</name>
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
   </scm>
 
   <properties>
-    <jclouds.version>1.7.3</jclouds.version>
+    <jclouds.version>1.8.0</jclouds.version>
   </properties>
 
   <repositories>