diff --git a/all/pom.xml b/all/pom.xml
index 51f0aab..983902d 100644
--- a/all/pom.xml
+++ b/all/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>        
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-8</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-all</artifactId>
diff --git a/allblobstore/pom.xml b/allblobstore/pom.xml
index f2c691d..064b146 100644
--- a/allblobstore/pom.xml
+++ b/allblobstore/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>        
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-8</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-allblobstore</artifactId>
diff --git a/allcompute/pom.xml b/allcompute/pom.xml
index 000e927..f5b6ffe 100644
--- a/allcompute/pom.xml
+++ b/allcompute/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>        
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-8</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-allcompute</artifactId>
diff --git a/archetypes/compute-service-archetype/pom.xml b/archetypes/compute-service-archetype/pom.xml
index bbf39f2..ed9f54c 100644
--- a/archetypes/compute-service-archetype/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/compute-service-archetype/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@
 
 -->
 
-<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-archetypes</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0-beta-8</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jclouds-compute-service-archetype</artifactId>
   <name>jclouds Compute service archetype</name>
diff --git a/archetypes/pom.xml b/archetypes/pom.xml
index b0fd181..84d3caf 100644
--- a/archetypes/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-8</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-archetypes</artifactId>
diff --git a/archetypes/rest-client-archetype/pom.xml b/archetypes/rest-client-archetype/pom.xml
index 5def0a3..cdd6ec5 100644
--- a/archetypes/rest-client-archetype/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/rest-client-archetype/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@
 
 -->
 
-<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-archetypes</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0-beta-8</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jclouds-rest-client-archetype</artifactId>
   <name>jclouds rest client archetype</name>
diff --git a/assemblies/pom.xml b/assemblies/pom.xml
index 57d1e89..232e5d8 100644
--- a/assemblies/pom.xml
+++ b/assemblies/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-8</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>    
     <artifactId>jclouds-assemblies</artifactId>
diff --git a/atmos/pom.xml b/atmos/pom.xml
index 3846cd7..2fbebbf 100644
--- a/atmos/pom.xml
+++ b/atmos/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-8</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-atmos</artifactId>
diff --git a/aws/core/pom.xml b/aws/core/pom.xml
index 357890a..285a6dd 100644
--- a/aws/core/pom.xml
+++ b/aws/core/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-aws-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-8</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-aws</artifactId>
     <name>jclouds Amazon AWS Components Core</name>
diff --git a/aws/demos/createandlistbuckets/pom.xml b/aws/demos/createandlistbuckets/pom.xml
index 1946e12..ffe6fd1 100644
--- a/aws/demos/createandlistbuckets/pom.xml
+++ b/aws/demos/createandlistbuckets/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
 		<artifactId>jclouds-aws-demos-project</artifactId>
-		<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.0-beta-8</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>jclouds-aws-demo-createandlistbuckets</artifactId>
 	<name>jclouds S3 sample that creates a bucket then lists all owned buckets</name>
diff --git a/aws/demos/createlamp/pom.xml b/aws/demos/createlamp/pom.xml
index 297b487..59616d6 100644
--- a/aws/demos/createlamp/pom.xml
+++ b/aws/demos/createlamp/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@
 
 -->
 
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-aws-demos-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-8</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-aws-demo-createlamp</artifactId>
     <name>jclouds ec2 sample that creates an instance and all you need to access it</name>
diff --git a/aws/demos/pom.xml b/aws/demos/pom.xml
index b1d6a76..d2cc094 100644
--- a/aws/demos/pom.xml
+++ b/aws/demos/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-aws-project</artifactId>        
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-8</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-aws-demos-project</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
diff --git a/aws/demos/speedtest-sqs/pom.xml b/aws/demos/speedtest-sqs/pom.xml
index ddeb342..e837246 100644
--- a/aws/demos/speedtest-sqs/pom.xml
+++ b/aws/demos/speedtest-sqs/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
 		<artifactId>jclouds-aws-demos-project</artifactId>
-		<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.0-beta-8</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>jclouds-speedtest-sqs</artifactId>
 	<name>Speed tests of SQS across regions</name>
diff --git a/aws/pom.xml b/aws/pom.xml
index 2b2e620..5b2d6ab 100644
--- a/aws/pom.xml
+++ b/aws/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-8</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/azure/pom.xml b/azure/pom.xml
index b276832..e7f7af9 100644
--- a/azure/pom.xml
+++ b/azure/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-8</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/blobstore/pom.xml b/blobstore/pom.xml
index d582b77..029f70a 100644
--- a/blobstore/pom.xml
+++ b/blobstore/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@
 
 -->
 
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-8</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-blobstore</artifactId>
diff --git a/compute/pom.xml b/compute/pom.xml
index b223411..cac7537 100644
--- a/compute/pom.xml
+++ b/compute/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@
 
 -->
 
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-8</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-compute</artifactId>
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index dae3ed8..556b11b 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -19,13 +19,12 @@
         ====================================================================
     -->
 
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-8</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/extensions/apachehc/pom.xml b/extensions/apachehc/pom.xml
index 5f8d326..c5469ac 100644
--- a/extensions/apachehc/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/apachehc/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>jclouds-extensions-project</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-8</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-apachehc</artifactId>
     <name>jclouds Apache Http Components Client</name>
diff --git a/extensions/bouncycastle/pom.xml b/extensions/bouncycastle/pom.xml
index 65dce98..4a4f5e5 100644
--- a/extensions/bouncycastle/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/bouncycastle/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-extensions-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-8</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-bouncycastle</artifactId>
     <name>jclouds bouncycastle EncryptionService Module</name>
diff --git a/extensions/enterprise/pom.xml b/extensions/enterprise/pom.xml
index 8ffe1d3..8c05bd5 100644
--- a/extensions/enterprise/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/enterprise/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-extensions-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-8</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-enterprise</artifactId>
     <name>jclouds enterprise Module</name>
diff --git a/extensions/gae/pom.xml b/extensions/gae/pom.xml
index 5ce9e27..3b7f73d 100644
--- a/extensions/gae/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/gae/pom.xml
@@ -18,13 +18,12 @@
 		====================================================================
 	-->
 
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
 		<artifactId>jclouds-extensions-project</artifactId>
-		<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.0-beta-8</version>
 	</parent>
 	<groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
 	<artifactId>jclouds-gae</artifactId>
diff --git a/extensions/joda/pom.xml b/extensions/joda/pom.xml
index 82a2ab7..d54edc9 100644
--- a/extensions/joda/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/joda/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-extensions-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-8</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-joda</artifactId>
     <name>jclouds joda DateService Module</name>
diff --git a/extensions/log4j/pom.xml b/extensions/log4j/pom.xml
index ef83493..b50a0ca 100644
--- a/extensions/log4j/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/log4j/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-extensions-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-8</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-log4j</artifactId>
     <name>jclouds Log4J Logging Module</name>
diff --git a/extensions/pom.xml b/extensions/pom.xml
index 78f9640..cea8ba4 100644
--- a/extensions/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-8</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-extensions-project</artifactId>
diff --git a/extensions/ssh/jsch/pom.xml b/extensions/ssh/jsch/pom.xml
index 696f149..da2dbc9 100644
--- a/extensions/ssh/jsch/pom.xml
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-ssh-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-8</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>jclouds-jsch</artifactId>
diff --git a/extensions/ssh/pom.xml b/extensions/ssh/pom.xml
index 54e356b..3e73cfb 100644
--- a/extensions/ssh/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/ssh/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>jclouds-extensions-project</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-8</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/filesystem/pom.xml b/filesystem/pom.xml
index 365af9c..d5bb158 100644
--- a/filesystem/pom.xml
+++ b/filesystem/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@
 
 -->
 
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4.0.0.xsd" >
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-8</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-filesystem</artifactId>
diff --git a/gogrid/pom.xml b/gogrid/pom.xml
index bcd69c7..88c8311 100644
--- a/gogrid/pom.xml
+++ b/gogrid/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@
         and limitations under the License.
         ====================================================================
     -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-8</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-gogrid</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6ff8b53..1f4b4e7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>        
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-8</version>
         <relativePath>project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-multi</artifactId>
diff --git a/project/pom.xml b/project/pom.xml
index c81667f..19867a0 100644
--- a/project/pom.xml
+++ b/project/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0-beta-8</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>jclouds Project</name>
     <url>http://www.jclouds.org</url>
diff --git a/rackspace/pom.xml b/rackspace/pom.xml
index 2e5dcd0..3e05e0a 100644
--- a/rackspace/pom.xml
+++ b/rackspace/pom.xml
@@ -19,13 +19,12 @@
         ====================================================================
     -->
 
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-8</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-rackspace</artifactId>
diff --git a/rimuhosting/pom.xml b/rimuhosting/pom.xml
index 6ea3e1e..df4efcf 100644
--- a/rimuhosting/pom.xml
+++ b/rimuhosting/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@
 
 -->
 
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-8</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-rimuhosting</artifactId>
diff --git a/scriptbuilder/pom.xml b/scriptbuilder/pom.xml
index 1e11ad2..ea11d09 100644
--- a/scriptbuilder/pom.xml
+++ b/scriptbuilder/pom.xml
@@ -20,20 +20,19 @@
 
 -->
 
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-8</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-scriptbuilder</artifactId>
     <name>jclouds script builder</name>
     <description>creates scripts that can be used to manage services</description>
     <properties>
-        <jclouds.test.listener></jclouds.test.listener>
+        <jclouds.test.listener />
     </properties>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/skeletons/pom.xml b/skeletons/pom.xml
index ca07ccd..73d74d7 100644
--- a/skeletons/pom.xml
+++ b/skeletons/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-8</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/skeletons/standalone-compute/pom.xml b/skeletons/standalone-compute/pom.xml
index c255c52..7d525ae 100644
--- a/skeletons/standalone-compute/pom.xml
+++ b/skeletons/standalone-compute/pom.xml
@@ -19,13 +19,12 @@
         ====================================================================
     -->
 
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-8</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-examples-standalone-compute</artifactId>
diff --git a/slicehost/pom.xml b/slicehost/pom.xml
index b048dd7..b74b701 100644
--- a/slicehost/pom.xml
+++ b/slicehost/pom.xml
@@ -19,13 +19,12 @@
         ====================================================================
     -->
 
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-8</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-slicehost</artifactId>
diff --git a/tools/antcontrib/pom.xml b/tools/antcontrib/pom.xml
index 2e8eadd..17f5354 100644
--- a/tools/antcontrib/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/antcontrib/pom.xml
@@ -19,18 +19,17 @@
         ====================================================================
     -->
 
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-tools-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-8</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-antcontrib</artifactId>
     <name>Ant-Contrib extensions</name>
     <properties>
-        <jclouds.test.listener></jclouds.test.listener>
+        <jclouds.test.listener />
     </properties>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/tools/getpath/pom.xml b/tools/getpath/pom.xml
index 47f9292..1249734 100644
--- a/tools/getpath/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/getpath/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@
 
 -->
 
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-tools-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-8</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-getpath</artifactId>
     <name>jclouds getpath</name>
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@
     <properties>
         <jclouds.getpath.container>jclouds-getpath</jclouds.getpath.container>
         <jclouds.getpath.path>1</jclouds.getpath.path>
-        <jclouds.test.listener></jclouds.test.listener>
+        <jclouds.test.listener />
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/tools/pom.xml b/tools/pom.xml
index fbcec0d..6537d61 100644
--- a/tools/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-8</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-tools-project</artifactId>
diff --git a/vcloud/bluelock/pom.xml b/vcloud/bluelock/pom.xml
index 75c4900..094998d 100644
--- a/vcloud/bluelock/pom.xml
+++ b/vcloud/bluelock/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-vcloud-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-8</version>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-bluelock</artifactId>
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <!-- when instances are hung, open a ticket and add their names here -->
-        <jclouds.compute.blacklist-nodes></jclouds.compute.blacklist-nodes>
+        <jclouds.compute.blacklist-nodes />
         <test.bluelock-vcdirector.endpoint>https://vcenterprise.bluelock.com/api</test.bluelock-vcdirector.endpoint>
         <test.bluelock-vcdirector.apiversion>1.0</test.bluelock-vcdirector.apiversion>
         <test.bluelock-vcdirector.identity>FIXME</test.bluelock-vcdirector.identity>
diff --git a/vcloud/core/pom.xml b/vcloud/core/pom.xml
index 2a2b87a..05c070c 100644
--- a/vcloud/core/pom.xml
+++ b/vcloud/core/pom.xml
@@ -19,13 +19,12 @@
         ====================================================================
     -->
 
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-vcloud-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-8</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-vcloud</artifactId>
     <name>jclouds vcloud Components Core</name>
diff --git a/vcloud/pom.xml b/vcloud/pom.xml
index 04d09df..2363823 100644
--- a/vcloud/pom.xml
+++ b/vcloud/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-8</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-vcloud-project</artifactId>
diff --git a/vcloud/terremark/pom.xml b/vcloud/terremark/pom.xml
index fe0ca13..e1a40e9 100644
--- a/vcloud/terremark/pom.xml
+++ b/vcloud/terremark/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-vcloud-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-8</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-terremark</artifactId>
     <name>jclouds terremark Components Core</name>