diff --git a/assembly/pom.xml b/assembly/pom.xml
index f215745..3615276 100644
--- a/assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/assembly/pom.xml
@@ -18,14 +18,13 @@
 
 -->
 
-<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.apache.jclouds.cli</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-cli-project</artifactId>
     <relativePath>../project</relativePath>
-    <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>jclouds-cli-assembly</artifactId>
@@ -241,18 +240,11 @@
             <phase>prepare-package</phase>
             <configuration>
               <tasks>
-                <replace token="#!/bin/bash" value="#!/bin/sh"
-                         dir="target/dependencies/unix/apache-karaf-${karaf.version}/bin">
-                  <include name="*"/>
+                <replace token="#!/bin/bash" value="#!/bin/sh" dir="target/dependencies/unix/apache-karaf-${karaf.version}/bin">
+                  <include name="*" />
                 </replace>
-                <replaceregexp file="target/dependencies/unix/apache-karaf-${karaf.version}/etc/config.properties"
-                               match="karaf.framework.equinox=*"
-                               replace="#"
-                               byline="true"/>
-                <replaceregexp file="target/dependencies/win/apache-karaf-${karaf.version}/etc/config.properties"
-                               match="karaf.framework.equinox=*"
-                               replace="#"
-                               byline="true"/>
+                <replaceregexp file="target/dependencies/unix/apache-karaf-${karaf.version}/etc/config.properties" match="karaf.framework.equinox=*" replace="#" byline="true" />
+                <replaceregexp file="target/dependencies/win/apache-karaf-${karaf.version}/etc/config.properties" match="karaf.framework.equinox=*" replace="#" byline="true" />
               </tasks>
             </configuration>
             <goals>
diff --git a/branding/pom.xml b/branding/pom.xml
index ef0afc8..9a5331d 100644
--- a/branding/pom.xml
+++ b/branding/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.cli</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-cli-project</artifactId>
     <relativePath>../project</relativePath>
-    <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>branding</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d6a4796..806ce3e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.cli</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-cli-project</artifactId>
     <relativePath>project</relativePath>
-    <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>jclouds-cli</artifactId>
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     <connection>scm:git:https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/jclouds-cli.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/jclouds-cli.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=jclouds-cli.git</url>
-    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    <tag>jclouds-cli-1.8.0-rc1</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <developers>
diff --git a/project/pom.xml b/project/pom.xml
index ac70049..c999ed4 100644
--- a/project/pom.xml
+++ b/project/pom.xml
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.cli</groupId>
   <artifactId>jclouds-cli-project</artifactId>
-  <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8.0</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Apache jclouds :: cli</name>
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     <connection>scm:git:https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/jclouds-cli.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/jclouds-cli.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=jclouds-cli.git</url>
-    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    <tag>jclouds-cli-1.8.0-rc1</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <developers>
diff --git a/runner/pom.xml b/runner/pom.xml
index 7e198c9..763aa4f 100644
--- a/runner/pom.xml
+++ b/runner/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.cli</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-cli-project</artifactId>
     <relativePath>../project</relativePath>
-    <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>runner</artifactId>
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-blobstore</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.parent.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.parent.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>