diff --git a/openstack-glance/pom.xml b/openstack-glance/pom.xml
index e90a26b..5ce23be 100644
--- a/openstack-glance/pom.xml
+++ b/openstack-glance/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <!-- TODO: when out of labs, switch to org.jclouds.api -->
   <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.labs</groupId>
   <artifactId>openstack-glance</artifactId>
-  <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8.0</version>
   <name>jclouds openstack-glance api</name>
   <description>jclouds components to access an implementation of OpenStack Glance</description>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
@@ -136,4 +136,8 @@
     </profile>
   </profiles>
 
+
+  <scm>
+    <tag>jclouds-labs-openstack-1.8.0-rc1</tag>
+  </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/openstack-marconi/pom.xml b/openstack-marconi/pom.xml
index 03cd64e..d2f8c15 100644
--- a/openstack-marconi/pom.xml
+++ b/openstack-marconi/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <!-- TODO: when out of labs, switch to org.jclouds.api -->
   <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.labs</groupId>
   <artifactId>openstack-marconi</artifactId>
-  <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8.0</version>
   <name>jclouds openstack-marconi api</name>
   <description>jclouds components to access an implementation of OpenStack Marconi</description>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
@@ -136,4 +136,8 @@
     </profile>
   </profiles>
 
+
+  <scm>
+    <tag>jclouds-labs-openstack-1.8.0-rc1</tag>
+  </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/openstack-neutron/pom.xml b/openstack-neutron/pom.xml
index 96a2621..2e5308e 100644
--- a/openstack-neutron/pom.xml
+++ b/openstack-neutron/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <!-- TODO: when out of labs, switch to org.jclouds.api -->
   <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.labs</groupId>
   <artifactId>openstack-neutron</artifactId>
-  <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8.0</version>
   <name>jclouds openstack-neutron api</name>
   <description>jclouds components to access an implementation of OpenStack Neutron</description>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
@@ -141,4 +141,8 @@
     </profile>
   </profiles>
 
+
+  <scm>
+    <tag>jclouds-labs-openstack-1.8.0-rc1</tag>
+  </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/openstack-swift/pom.xml b/openstack-swift/pom.xml
index 6b2aeb6..95f2e1a 100644
--- a/openstack-swift/pom.xml
+++ b/openstack-swift/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <!-- TODO: when out of labs, switch to org.jclouds.api -->
   <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.labs</groupId>
   <artifactId>openstack-swift</artifactId>
-  <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8.0</version>
   <name>jclouds openstack-swift api</name>
   <description>jclouds components to access an implementation of OpenStack Swift</description>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
@@ -152,4 +152,8 @@
     </profile>
   </profiles>
 
+
+  <scm>
+    <tag>jclouds-labs-openstack-1.8.0-rc1</tag>
+  </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 74ed6df..f9e3e70 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   
   <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.labs</groupId>
   <artifactId>jclouds-labs-openstack</artifactId>
-  <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8.0</version>
   <name>Apache jclouds labs openstack</name>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     <connection>scm:git:https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/jclouds-labs-openstack.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/jclouds-labs-openstack.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=jclouds-labs-openstack.git</url>
-    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    <tag>jclouds-labs-openstack-1.8.0-rc1</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <repositories>
diff --git a/rackspace-autoscale-uk/pom.xml b/rackspace-autoscale-uk/pom.xml
index a490d2e..9ebc51c 100644
--- a/rackspace-autoscale-uk/pom.xml
+++ b/rackspace-autoscale-uk/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
    
   <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.labs</groupId>
   <artifactId>rackspace-autoscale-uk</artifactId>
-  <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8.0</version>
   <name>jclouds Rackspace Auto Scale UK Provider</name>
   <description>jclouds components to access Rackspace Auto Scale UK</description>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
@@ -156,4 +156,8 @@
     </profile>
   </profiles>
 
+
+  <scm>
+    <tag>jclouds-labs-openstack-1.8.0-rc1</tag>
+  </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/rackspace-autoscale-us/pom.xml b/rackspace-autoscale-us/pom.xml
index f740659..8fe00f7 100644
--- a/rackspace-autoscale-us/pom.xml
+++ b/rackspace-autoscale-us/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <!-- TODO: when out of labs, switch to org.jclouds.api -->
   <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.labs</groupId>
   <artifactId>rackspace-autoscale-us</artifactId>
-  <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8.0</version>
   <name>jclouds Rackspace Auto Scale US Provider</name>
   <description>jclouds components to access Rackspace Autoscale</description>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
@@ -155,4 +155,8 @@
     </profile>
   </profiles>
 
+
+  <scm>
+    <tag>jclouds-labs-openstack-1.8.0-rc1</tag>
+  </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/rackspace-autoscale/pom.xml b/rackspace-autoscale/pom.xml
index 668147d..64c6650 100644
--- a/rackspace-autoscale/pom.xml
+++ b/rackspace-autoscale/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <!-- TODO: when out of labs, switch to org.jclouds.api -->
   <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.labs</groupId>
   <artifactId>rackspace-autoscale</artifactId>
-  <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8.0</version>
   <name>jclouds Rackspace Auto Scale API</name>
   <description>jclouds components to access Rackspace Autoscale</description>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
@@ -149,4 +149,8 @@
     </profile>
   </profiles>
 
+
+  <scm>
+    <tag>jclouds-labs-openstack-1.8.0-rc1</tag>
+  </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/rackspace-cloudbigdata-us/pom.xml b/rackspace-cloudbigdata-us/pom.xml
index c65bc8f..74963dc 100644
--- a/rackspace-cloudbigdata-us/pom.xml
+++ b/rackspace-cloudbigdata-us/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <!-- TODO: when out of labs, switch to org.jclouds.api -->
   <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.labs</groupId>
   <artifactId>rackspace-cloudbigdata-us</artifactId>
-  <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8.0</version>
   <name>jclouds rackspace-cloudbigdata api provider</name>
   <description>jclouds components to access Rackspace Autoscale</description>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
@@ -160,4 +160,8 @@
     </profile>
   </profiles>
 
+
+  <scm>
+    <tag>jclouds-labs-openstack-1.8.0-rc1</tag>
+  </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/rackspace-cloudbigdata/pom.xml b/rackspace-cloudbigdata/pom.xml
index 64da9cb..cf4bdb3 100644
--- a/rackspace-cloudbigdata/pom.xml
+++ b/rackspace-cloudbigdata/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <!-- TODO: when out of labs, switch to org.jclouds.api -->
   <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.labs</groupId>
   <artifactId>rackspace-cloudbigdata</artifactId>
-  <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8.0</version>
   <name>jclouds rackspace-cloudbigdata api</name>
   <description>jclouds components to access Rackspace Cloud Big Data</description>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-compute</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.api</groupId>
@@ -154,4 +154,8 @@
     </profile>
   </profiles>
 
+
+  <scm>
+    <tag>jclouds-labs-openstack-1.8.0-rc1</tag>
+  </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/rackspace-cloudfiles-uk/pom.xml b/rackspace-cloudfiles-uk/pom.xml
index a4a48d8..f22595f 100644
--- a/rackspace-cloudfiles-uk/pom.xml
+++ b/rackspace-cloudfiles-uk/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <!-- TODO: when out of labs, switch to org.jclouds.provider -->
   <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.labs</groupId>
   <artifactId>rackspace-cloudfiles-uk</artifactId>
-  <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8.0</version>
   <name>jclouds Rackspace Cloud Files UK provider</name>
   <description>OpenStack Object Storage implementation targeted to Rackspace Cloud Files UK</description>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
@@ -173,4 +173,8 @@
     </profile>
   </profiles>
 
+
+  <scm>
+    <tag>jclouds-labs-openstack-1.8.0-rc1</tag>
+  </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/rackspace-cloudfiles-us/pom.xml b/rackspace-cloudfiles-us/pom.xml
index 6987bb1..2bdc740 100644
--- a/rackspace-cloudfiles-us/pom.xml
+++ b/rackspace-cloudfiles-us/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <!-- TODO: when out of labs, switch to org.jclouds.provider -->
   <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.labs</groupId>
   <artifactId>rackspace-cloudfiles-us</artifactId>
-  <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8.0</version>
   <name>jclouds Rackspace Cloud Files US provider</name>
   <description>OpenStack Object Storage implementation targeted to Rackspace Cloud Files US</description>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
@@ -173,4 +173,8 @@
     </profile>
   </profiles>
 
+
+  <scm>
+    <tag>jclouds-labs-openstack-1.8.0-rc1</tag>
+  </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/rackspace-cloudfiles/pom.xml b/rackspace-cloudfiles/pom.xml
index 8b3787f..dab2c5b 100644
--- a/rackspace-cloudfiles/pom.xml
+++ b/rackspace-cloudfiles/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <!-- TODO: when out of labs, switch to org.jclouds.api -->
   <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.labs</groupId>
   <artifactId>rackspace-cloudfiles</artifactId>
-  <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8.0</version>
   <name>jclouds rackspace-cloudfiles api</name>
   <description>jclouds components to access Rackspace Cloud Files</description>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
@@ -168,4 +168,8 @@
     </profile>
   </profiles>
 
+
+  <scm>
+    <tag>jclouds-labs-openstack-1.8.0-rc1</tag>
+  </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/rackspace-cloudqueues-uk/pom.xml b/rackspace-cloudqueues-uk/pom.xml
index 13bd354..e160464 100644
--- a/rackspace-cloudqueues-uk/pom.xml
+++ b/rackspace-cloudqueues-uk/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   
   <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.labs</groupId>
   <artifactId>rackspace-cloudqueues-uk</artifactId>
-  <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8.0</version>
   <name>jclouds Rackspace Cloud Queues UK provider</name>
   <description>OpenStack Marconi implementation targeted to Rackspace Cloud Queues UK</description>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
@@ -161,4 +161,8 @@
     </profile>
   </profiles>
 
+
+  <scm>
+    <tag>jclouds-labs-openstack-1.8.0-rc1</tag>
+  </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/rackspace-cloudqueues-us/pom.xml b/rackspace-cloudqueues-us/pom.xml
index aee9415..199a0c3 100644
--- a/rackspace-cloudqueues-us/pom.xml
+++ b/rackspace-cloudqueues-us/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   
   <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.labs</groupId>
   <artifactId>rackspace-cloudqueues-us</artifactId>
-  <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8.0</version>
   <name>jclouds Rackspace Cloud Queues US provider</name>
   <description>OpenStack Marconi implementation targeted to Rackspace Cloud Queues US</description>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
@@ -161,4 +161,8 @@
     </profile>
   </profiles>
 
+
+  <scm>
+    <tag>jclouds-labs-openstack-1.8.0-rc1</tag>
+  </scm>
 </project>