diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 0c15c1f..f47fb95 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -2,14 +2,7 @@
 =====================
 
 
-Release 0.8.1: Unreleased
-
-INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
-
-ALL CHANGES:
-  TEZ-2747. Update master to reflect 0.8.0-alpha release.
-
-Release 0.8.0-alpha: 2015-08-29 
+Release 0.8.0-alpha: 2015-08-31
 
 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
   TEZ-2048. Remove VertexManagerPluginContext.getTaskContainer()
diff --git a/docs/pom.xml b/docs/pom.xml
index b76f9ba..a2b9ea2 100644
--- a/docs/pom.xml
+++ b/docs/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <parent>
       <groupId>org.apache.tez</groupId>
       <artifactId>tez</artifactId>
-      <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>0.8.0-alpha</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>tez-docs</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fe996d0..651e956 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <groupId>org.apache.tez</groupId>
   <artifactId>tez</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-alpha</version>
   <name>tez</name>
 
   <licenses>
diff --git a/tez-api/pom.xml b/tez-api/pom.xml
index 1baec8f..2123b85 100644
--- a/tez-api/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-api/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tez</groupId>
     <artifactId>tez</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-alpha</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>tez-api</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/tez-common/pom.xml b/tez-common/pom.xml
index fceb589..470c370 100644
--- a/tez-common/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-common/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tez</groupId>
     <artifactId>tez</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-alpha</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>tez-common</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/tez-dag/pom.xml b/tez-dag/pom.xml
index 0829a8f..053bce1 100644
--- a/tez-dag/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-dag/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tez</groupId>
     <artifactId>tez</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-alpha</version>
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <tez.component>tez-dag</tez.component>
diff --git a/tez-dist/pom.xml b/tez-dist/pom.xml
index 9c7fa61..2ce7377 100644
--- a/tez-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-dist/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tez</groupId>
     <artifactId>tez</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-alpha</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>tez-dist</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/tez-examples/pom.xml b/tez-examples/pom.xml
index 47ee5b3..d54e214 100644
--- a/tez-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-examples/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tez</groupId>
     <artifactId>tez</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-alpha</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>tez-examples</artifactId>
diff --git a/tez-ext-service-tests/pom.xml b/tez-ext-service-tests/pom.xml
index 8c1b6d4..1134462 100644
--- a/tez-ext-service-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-ext-service-tests/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>tez</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.tez</groupId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-alpha</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>tez-ext-service-tests</artifactId>
diff --git a/tez-mapreduce/pom.xml b/tez-mapreduce/pom.xml
index d61d6d6..0e50764 100644
--- a/tez-mapreduce/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-mapreduce/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tez</groupId>
     <artifactId>tez</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-alpha</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>tez-mapreduce</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/tez-plugins/pom.xml b/tez-plugins/pom.xml
index 657b8bf..19d17a5 100644
--- a/tez-plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tez</groupId>
     <artifactId>tez</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-alpha</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>tez-plugins</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
diff --git a/tez-plugins/tez-history-parser/pom.xml b/tez-plugins/tez-history-parser/pom.xml
index ee1ee13..fc591d8 100644
--- a/tez-plugins/tez-history-parser/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-plugins/tez-history-parser/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tez</groupId>
     <artifactId>tez-plugins</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-alpha</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>tez-history-parser</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/tez-plugins/tez-mbeans-resource-calculator/pom.xml b/tez-plugins/tez-mbeans-resource-calculator/pom.xml
index 6783803..a6351e1 100644
--- a/tez-plugins/tez-mbeans-resource-calculator/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-plugins/tez-mbeans-resource-calculator/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tez</groupId>
     <artifactId>tez-plugins</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-alpha</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>tez-mbeans-resource-calculator</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/tez-plugins/tez-yarn-timeline-history-with-acls/pom.xml b/tez-plugins/tez-yarn-timeline-history-with-acls/pom.xml
index 81d3685..7360389 100644
--- a/tez-plugins/tez-yarn-timeline-history-with-acls/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-plugins/tez-yarn-timeline-history-with-acls/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tez</groupId>
     <artifactId>tez-plugins</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-alpha</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>tez-yarn-timeline-history-with-acls</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/tez-plugins/tez-yarn-timeline-history/pom.xml b/tez-plugins/tez-yarn-timeline-history/pom.xml
index 7932f49..b9bb9d0 100644
--- a/tez-plugins/tez-yarn-timeline-history/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-plugins/tez-yarn-timeline-history/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tez</groupId>
     <artifactId>tez-plugins</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-alpha</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>tez-yarn-timeline-history</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/tez-runtime-internals/pom.xml b/tez-runtime-internals/pom.xml
index ed678f3..c2f95fb 100644
--- a/tez-runtime-internals/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-runtime-internals/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tez</groupId>
     <artifactId>tez</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-alpha</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>tez-runtime-internals</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/tez-runtime-library/pom.xml b/tez-runtime-library/pom.xml
index 239d62d..747397b 100644
--- a/tez-runtime-library/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-runtime-library/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tez</groupId>
     <artifactId>tez</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-alpha</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>tez-runtime-library</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/tez-tests/pom.xml b/tez-tests/pom.xml
index 263f1ec..4f09aee 100644
--- a/tez-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-tests/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tez</groupId>
     <artifactId>tez</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-alpha</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>tez-tests</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/tez-tools/analyzers/job-analyzer/pom.xml b/tez-tools/analyzers/job-analyzer/pom.xml
index 13cf48d..f8b00cf 100644
--- a/tez-tools/analyzers/job-analyzer/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-tools/analyzers/job-analyzer/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tez</groupId>
     <artifactId>tez-perf-analyzer</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-alpha</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>tez-job-analyzer</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/tez-tools/analyzers/pom.xml b/tez-tools/analyzers/pom.xml
index bb5d896..c2b4a00 100644
--- a/tez-tools/analyzers/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-tools/analyzers/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tez</groupId>
     <artifactId>tez-tools</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-alpha</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>tez-perf-analyzer</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
diff --git a/tez-tools/pom.xml b/tez-tools/pom.xml
index af1d304..0365dd6 100644
--- a/tez-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-tools/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tez</groupId>
     <artifactId>tez</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-alpha</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>tez-tools</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
diff --git a/tez-tools/tez-tfile-parser/pom.xml b/tez-tools/tez-tfile-parser/pom.xml
index c0ce640..cf0e01d 100644
--- a/tez-tools/tez-tfile-parser/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-tools/tez-tfile-parser/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tez</groupId>
     <artifactId>tez-tools</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-alpha</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>tez-tfile-parser</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/tez-ui/pom.xml b/tez-ui/pom.xml
index dcf4878..cd55ca8 100644
--- a/tez-ui/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-ui/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tez</groupId>
     <artifactId>tez</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-alpha</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>tez-ui</artifactId>
   <packaging>war</packaging>