diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 9353c15..d42a04b 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <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>
 	
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.plugin</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-plugin</artifactId>
-		<version>0.8.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.8.0.RELEASE</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<dependencies>
diff --git a/integration/pom.xml b/integration/pom.xml
index cd0485c..b5cbee2 100644
--- a/integration/pom.xml
+++ b/integration/pom.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <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.springframework.plugin</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-plugin</artifactId>
-		<version>0.8.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.8.0.RELEASE</version>
 	</parent>
 	
 	<artifactId>spring-plugin-integration</artifactId>
@@ -48,4 +49,4 @@
 		</dependency>
 		
 	</dependencies>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/metadata/pom.xml b/metadata/pom.xml
index b4a4e84..c815b42 100644
--- a/metadata/pom.xml
+++ b/metadata/pom.xml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <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>
 	<artifactId>spring-plugin-metadata</artifactId>
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.plugin</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-plugin</artifactId>
-		<version>0.8.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.8.0.RELEASE</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<dependencies>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ac7e76a..6e7088c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <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>
     <groupId>org.springframework.plugin</groupId>
     <artifactId>spring-plugin</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>Spring Plugin</name>
-    <version>0.8.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0.RELEASE</version>
     <description>Simple plugin infrastructure</description>
 
     <organization>