diff --git a/archetype/pom.xml b/archetype/pom.xml
index bbb7eee7a..f24f599a3 100644
--- a/archetype/pom.xml
+++ b/archetype/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler</groupId>
     <artifactId>storm-crawler</artifactId>
-    <version>2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.8</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>storm-crawler-archetype</artifactId>
   <name>storm-crawler-archetype</name>
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index a99105b68..9e2330d4e 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler</groupId>
 		<artifactId>storm-crawler</artifactId>
-		<version>2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.8</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>storm-crawler-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/external/aws/pom.xml b/external/aws/pom.xml
index f3e1ebf7b..e2142cab3 100644
--- a/external/aws/pom.xml
+++ b/external/aws/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler</groupId>
 		<artifactId>storm-crawler-external</artifactId>
-		<version>2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.8</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/external/elasticsearch/archetype/pom.xml b/external/elasticsearch/archetype/pom.xml
index 19d4873ee..fb18fb21b 100644
--- a/external/elasticsearch/archetype/pom.xml
+++ b/external/elasticsearch/archetype/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler</groupId>
     <artifactId>storm-crawler</artifactId>
-    <version>2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.8</version>
     <relativePath>../../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/external/elasticsearch/pom.xml b/external/elasticsearch/pom.xml
index 2080f8038..62c35b97a 100644
--- a/external/elasticsearch/pom.xml
+++ b/external/elasticsearch/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler</groupId>
 		<artifactId>storm-crawler-external</artifactId>
-		<version>2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.8</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/external/langid/pom.xml b/external/langid/pom.xml
index 352073957..202663714 100644
--- a/external/langid/pom.xml
+++ b/external/langid/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler</groupId>
 		<artifactId>storm-crawler-external</artifactId>
-		<version>2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.8</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/external/opensearch/archetype/pom.xml b/external/opensearch/archetype/pom.xml
index 4b268ce00..9b66ccd67 100644
--- a/external/opensearch/archetype/pom.xml
+++ b/external/opensearch/archetype/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler</groupId>
     <artifactId>storm-crawler</artifactId>
-    <version>2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.8</version>
     <relativePath>../../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/external/opensearch/pom.xml b/external/opensearch/pom.xml
index 79f788773..2986ea2f8 100644
--- a/external/opensearch/pom.xml
+++ b/external/opensearch/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler</groupId>
 		<artifactId>storm-crawler-external</artifactId>
-		<version>2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.8</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/external/pom.xml b/external/pom.xml
index cd93ff94f..b57865e00 100644
--- a/external/pom.xml
+++ b/external/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler</groupId>
 		<artifactId>storm-crawler</artifactId>
-		<version>2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.8</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/external/solr/pom.xml b/external/solr/pom.xml
index c60a74bee..6ea631eea 100644
--- a/external/solr/pom.xml
+++ b/external/solr/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler</groupId>
 		<artifactId>storm-crawler-external</artifactId>
-		<version>2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.8</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/external/sql/pom.xml b/external/sql/pom.xml
index 5cc87f306..5c1ff1f8a 100644
--- a/external/sql/pom.xml
+++ b/external/sql/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler</groupId>
 		<artifactId>storm-crawler-external</artifactId>
-		<version>2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.8</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/external/tika/pom.xml b/external/tika/pom.xml
index 1f3c90528..a5ae75493 100644
--- a/external/tika/pom.xml
+++ b/external/tika/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler</groupId>
 		<artifactId>storm-crawler-external</artifactId>
-		<version>2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.8</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/external/urlfrontier/pom.xml b/external/urlfrontier/pom.xml
index 6dbf4a4b4..89236367f 100644
--- a/external/urlfrontier/pom.xml
+++ b/external/urlfrontier/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler</groupId>
 		<artifactId>storm-crawler-external</artifactId>
-		<version>2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.8</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/external/warc/pom.xml b/external/warc/pom.xml
index f2e56956c..1195f767e 100644
--- a/external/warc/pom.xml
+++ b/external/warc/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler</groupId>
 		<artifactId>storm-crawler-external</artifactId>
-		<version>2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.8</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a3d87ca2a..8b36d589c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler</groupId>
 	<artifactId>storm-crawler</artifactId>
-	<version>2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.8</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 
 	<name>storm-crawler</name>
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 		<connection>scm:git:https://github.com/DigitalPebble/storm-crawler.git</connection>
 		<developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:DigitalPebble/storm-crawler.git</developerConnection>
 		<url>https://github.com/DigitalPebble/storm-crawler</url>
-	  <tag>HEAD</tag>
+	  <tag>2.8</tag>
   </scm>
 
 	<issueManagement>