diff --git a/maven-scm-api/pom.xml b/maven-scm-api/pom.xml
index 2feb996..7fa5b20 100644
--- a/maven-scm-api/pom.xml
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index 61c0b52..4b28f3f 100644
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--- a/maven-scm-managers/maven-scm-manager-plexus/pom.xml
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diff --git a/maven-scm-managers/pom.xml b/maven-scm-managers/pom.xml
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index c744f1f..9378abb 100644
--- a/maven-scm-providers/maven-scm-provider-accurev/pom.xml
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index 157caa0..503a3b8 100644
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diff --git a/maven-scm-providers/maven-scm-provider-clearcase/pom.xml b/maven-scm-providers/maven-scm-provider-clearcase/pom.xml
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diff --git a/maven-scm-providers/maven-scm-providers-svn/maven-scm-provider-svn-commons/pom.xml b/maven-scm-providers/maven-scm-providers-svn/maven-scm-provider-svn-commons/pom.xml
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diff --git a/maven-scm-providers/maven-scm-providers-svn/maven-scm-provider-svntest/pom.xml b/maven-scm-providers/maven-scm-providers-svn/maven-scm-provider-svntest/pom.xml
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diff --git a/maven-scm-providers/maven-scm-providers-svn/pom.xml b/maven-scm-providers/maven-scm-providers-svn/pom.xml
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diff --git a/maven-scm-test/pom.xml b/maven-scm-test/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
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   <name>Maven SCM</name>
@@ -111,9 +111,9 @@
   </modules>
 
   <scm>
-    <connection>scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/scm/trunk</connection>
-    <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/scm/trunk</developerConnection>
-    <url>http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/maven/scm/trunk</url>
+    <connection>scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/scm/tags/maven-scm-1.8</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/scm/tags/maven-scm-1.8</developerConnection>
+    <url>http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/maven/scm/tags/maven-scm-1.8</url>
   </scm>
   <issueManagement>
     <system>jira</system>