diff --git a/bam2wig/pom.xml b/bam2wig/pom.xml
index 33f920933d6725bd87c9738e815cf6b52da582c4..a0a0d36dc213e28dddc693b515345f764060c288 100644
--- a/bam2wig/pom.xml
+++ b/bam2wig/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.0-RC1</version>
+        <version>0.8.0</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/bammetrics/pom.xml b/bammetrics/pom.xml
index 34d6424d42e32ed3bc5b639536485dc40628a6ea..ef2c66cb3cbd88f49c4dbe3ad113a8d615515984 100644
--- a/bammetrics/pom.xml
+++ b/bammetrics/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.0-RC1</version>
+        <version>0.8.0</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/basty/pom.xml b/basty/pom.xml
index 00745626841d139546fae299047397e33f53d7ae..4a6b2649538d4dbaa20920789f58c7a224a230ee 100644
--- a/basty/pom.xml
+++ b/basty/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.0-RC1</version>
+        <version>0.8.0</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/biopet-core/pom.xml b/biopet-core/pom.xml
index 94cd74f89cd7a03d6104b04f23409fd7bfd8d94b..3ef5197f8e273ef9cb458e380294ea7961fe14f6 100644
--- a/biopet-core/pom.xml
+++ b/biopet-core/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
-        <version>0.8.0-RC1</version>
+        <version>0.8.0</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/biopet-extensions/pom.xml b/biopet-extensions/pom.xml
index ccbf36b55552bf5a691926b7ff44063174d43eb3..59ba992f57d304d3889df22d0666114e3724fe0e 100644
--- a/biopet-extensions/pom.xml
+++ b/biopet-extensions/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
-        <version>0.8.0-RC1</version>
+        <version>0.8.0</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/biopet-package/pom.xml b/biopet-package/pom.xml
index 6fb12a096c852c18210adcff18b785a135e71c9e..e0468f8f721f416c5c90a537cd24fe356d532847 100644
--- a/biopet-package/pom.xml
+++ b/biopet-package/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.0-RC1</version>
+        <version>0.8.0</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/biopet-tools-extensions/pom.xml b/biopet-tools-extensions/pom.xml
index 2faccf39de7b8bcdf187a62f31ca591f1a549216..dbfe856a568916fbc7a5dc3c931b567be35a2209 100644
--- a/biopet-tools-extensions/pom.xml
+++ b/biopet-tools-extensions/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
-        <version>0.8.0-RC1</version>
+        <version>0.8.0</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/biopet-tools-package/pom.xml b/biopet-tools-package/pom.xml
index 8b898dadde18d8d5de01981b82777994fac8b812..7811536225cacd93b001f18a993e2c40581d98e5 100644
--- a/biopet-tools-package/pom.xml
+++ b/biopet-tools-package/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
-        <version>0.8.0-RC1</version>
+        <version>0.8.0</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/biopet-tools/pom.xml b/biopet-tools/pom.xml
index 38580e0920d4a58e5429be5c1316bdefabf8bb64..0ee7fe65508a0ee13e5a8d74273c45ff8d3d70a0 100644
--- a/biopet-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/biopet-tools/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
-        <version>0.8.0-RC1</version>
+        <version>0.8.0</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/biopet-utils/pom.xml b/biopet-utils/pom.xml
index 116f2a5f751861c6a11aa1e738f81dc81ffd6c41..90d352255c07ba52c676879f33a339b2ca5ed699 100644
--- a/biopet-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/biopet-utils/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
-        <version>0.8.0-RC1</version>
+        <version>0.8.0</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/carp/pom.xml b/carp/pom.xml
index 9103220cfc523c2a64d673f42a8440ed764bdc34..158b29bc55ded4356c66ebf89739a5dd0e1404c3 100644
--- a/carp/pom.xml
+++ b/carp/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.0-RC1</version>
+        <version>0.8.0</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/external-example/pom.xml b/external-example/pom.xml
index c85306d726bc836b50736339215e277783b37a37..7d904a2f259f09b4ca0f432e892e26e6febf5099 100644
--- a/external-example/pom.xml
+++ b/external-example/pom.xml
@@ -56,19 +56,19 @@
             <artifactId>BiopetCore</artifactId>
 
             <!--TODO: replace version of pipeline to a fixed version -->
-            <version>0.8.0-RC1</version>
+            <version>0.8.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
             <artifactId>BiopetExtensions</artifactId>
-            <version>0.8.0-RC1</version>
+            <version>0.8.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
             <artifactId>Shiva</artifactId>
 
             <!--TODO: replace version of pipeline to a fixed version -->
-            <version>0.8.0-RC1</version>
+            <version>0.8.0</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/flexiprep/pom.xml b/flexiprep/pom.xml
index 4db17621d153a141dff04ef3dca85352e337941c..b52408b019ecb93391e5fe4c11b489d5f6d1ec28 100644
--- a/flexiprep/pom.xml
+++ b/flexiprep/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.0-RC1</version>
+        <version>0.8.0</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/gears/pom.xml b/gears/pom.xml
index 6ff985ee7a11d951089f9348b129b5f6e4c52d7d..669866c4cb1474e92da6d18f70d6e2f51b7e17a9 100644
--- a/gears/pom.xml
+++ b/gears/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
-        <version>0.8.0-RC1</version>
+        <version>0.8.0</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/generate-indexes/pom.xml b/generate-indexes/pom.xml
index 72d0f79d0f243a125a63aa6c624482e4a1128c0e..8a1eb2f93274cd74478094683f668cf3c3edb48c 100644
--- a/generate-indexes/pom.xml
+++ b/generate-indexes/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.0-RC1</version>
+        <version>0.8.0</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/gentrap/pom.xml b/gentrap/pom.xml
index bbda7db156060961d9438c6f48ec0c0665c042b1..9fd36e23e402ae5f171b2a23c57bf99447fbd516 100644
--- a/gentrap/pom.xml
+++ b/gentrap/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.0-RC1</version>
+        <version>0.8.0</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/gwas-test/pom.xml b/gwas-test/pom.xml
index 95a065b3169dd55c2a81338f51dab7c523636244..886236c433c1fc3891456f76adfd3b9f861d253b 100644
--- a/gwas-test/pom.xml
+++ b/gwas-test/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.0-RC1</version>
+        <version>0.8.0</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/kopisu/pom.xml b/kopisu/pom.xml
index ed4811329a45b997b57052f64d8eb0cc08d7b561..65c65734961078f6b4ecc536ffc457f54bc568b4 100644
--- a/kopisu/pom.xml
+++ b/kopisu/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.0-RC1</version>
+        <version>0.8.0</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/mapping/pom.xml b/mapping/pom.xml
index 9ba143ecf62ed4e7bf78be8a3aec32369df24dd3..b0076744275ff27294b2ba3aa361bec8e4812b8f 100644
--- a/mapping/pom.xml
+++ b/mapping/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.0-RC1</version>
+        <version>0.8.0</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e46712b05ff87f0814c42eafad2009389a0c9729..d2a306f8440d517acdac5365e87b3e7f635edb04 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
     <name>Biopet</name>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
-    <version>0.8.0-RC1</version>
+    <version>0.8.0</version>
     
     <modules>
         <module>gatk</module>
diff --git a/sage/pom.xml b/sage/pom.xml
index 6515bc0696fa00d4b1318f7ce095256edd8ee627..de62f2bdddd56e949de6a574f8832d04a1855674 100644
--- a/sage/pom.xml
+++ b/sage/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.0-RC1</version>
+        <version>0.8.0</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/shiva/pom.xml b/shiva/pom.xml
index d74ff1115859a4ba2311631ae81f9cb40f071039..6635967719bb142604ae6760d66f9f8d677e8da3 100644
--- a/shiva/pom.xml
+++ b/shiva/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
-        <version>0.8.0-RC1</version>
+        <version>0.8.0</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/tinycap/pom.xml b/tinycap/pom.xml
index 60e83cc69bd251a1fc6638b9ec6670394e9e5f2b..1b98a95975165980c9fe2b6bf990b90ae3eeeb71 100644
--- a/tinycap/pom.xml
+++ b/tinycap/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
-        <version>0.8.0-RC1</version>
+        <version>0.8.0</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/toucan/pom.xml b/toucan/pom.xml
index 4b3a0cee4adb6657c2b049913d5769c43640828e..c7069eb21e7501d457be0a0afcd62af9213b18f6 100644
--- a/toucan/pom.xml
+++ b/toucan/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.0-RC1</version>
+        <version>0.8.0</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>