diff --git a/docs/_config.yml b/docs/_config.yml
index fac4aabccbb43..2360ddd640181 100644
--- a/docs/_config.yml
+++ b/docs/_config.yml
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@
 # we change the version for the complete docs when forking of a release branch
 # etc.
 # The full version string as referenced in Maven (e.g. 1.2.1)
-version: "1.7-SNAPSHOT"
+version: "1.8-SNAPSHOT"
 # For stable releases, leave the bugfix version out (e.g. 1.2). For snapshot
 # release this should be the same as the regular version
-version_title: "1.7-SNAPSHOT"
+version_title: "1.8-SNAPSHOT"
 # Branch on Github for this version
 github_branch: "master"
 
diff --git a/flink-annotations/pom.xml b/flink-annotations/pom.xml
index adb286467f114..1bfb19b9516ac 100644
--- a/flink-annotations/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-annotations/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-clients/pom.xml b/flink-clients/pom.xml
index dafae8189c350..52f0a9e5b2001 100644
--- a/flink-clients/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-clients/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-cassandra/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-cassandra/pom.xml
index 710d3f33f2219..a3b27da4cfb46 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-cassandra/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-cassandra/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-connectors</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch-base/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch-base/pom.xml
index b7b79406a2398..b70c0bc12f1aa 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch-base/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch-base/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-connectors</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch/pom.xml
index 044f21bb8f361..b3fdfe2740093 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-connectors</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch2/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch2/pom.xml
index 29fbf3ea33874..f15a3548c0dee 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch2/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch2/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-connectors</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch5/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch5/pom.xml
index a8a6489f22c4a..a4c7bfcc9caf7 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch5/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch5/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-connectors</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch6/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch6/pom.xml
index d1eb3d8b3d1ee..40b9ab6efaf12 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch6/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch6/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-connectors</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-filesystem/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-filesystem/pom.xml
index 592db4b5106eb..c375ac467d689 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-filesystem/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-filesystem/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-connectors</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.10/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.10/pom.xml
index 135dc59b65543..e6d80eabb644a 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.10/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.10/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-connectors</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.11/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.11/pom.xml
index bf04aebb390fb..70ec82664172f 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.11/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.11/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-connectors</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.8/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.8/pom.xml
index 52f0ef17b9ad9..f386cba1a0831 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.8/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.8/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-connectors</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.9/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.9/pom.xml
index 9b9bbefa7b3f7..1ef37c28abc8a 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.9/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.9/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-connectors</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-base/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-base/pom.xml
index a0feec90b55a3..2c9113a6afd4e 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-base/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-base/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-connectors</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka/pom.xml
index 109535aa4db65..cfc92c001316a 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>flink-connectors</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kinesis/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kinesis/pom.xml
index f32f64d958d0e..135f1dddcc943 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kinesis/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kinesis/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-connectors</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-nifi/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-nifi/pom.xml
index 9fddae771cba6..81e61c0bafaff 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-nifi/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-nifi/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-connectors</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-rabbitmq/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-rabbitmq/pom.xml
index 9214618c0d18a..bb30c35edf362 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-rabbitmq/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-rabbitmq/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-connectors</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-twitter/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-twitter/pom.xml
index 27c7cbf6730ef..b78458ab76958 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-twitter/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-twitter/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-connectors</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-hadoop-compatibility/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-hadoop-compatibility/pom.xml
index 82ef9c4062f4e..8235bcabd0973 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-hadoop-compatibility/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-hadoop-compatibility/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-connectors</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-hbase/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-hbase/pom.xml
index bacc4ff7116be..75b9470f45c00 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-hbase/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-hbase/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-connectors</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-hcatalog/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-hcatalog/pom.xml
index 3b5f78ddea9bb..b9a36ce127ccc 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-hcatalog/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-hcatalog/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-connectors</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-jdbc/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-jdbc/pom.xml
index 96c984f65beb8..60cdb67d40af4 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-connectors</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-orc/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-orc/pom.xml
index cc9b71142606f..733049a40962a 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-orc/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-orc/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-connectors</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-connectors/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/pom.xml
index 78aab4633a3a0..d42247f30e76d 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-container/pom.xml b/flink-container/pom.xml
index 6d04559d24cbd..46bbdbb2fe9f8 100644
--- a/flink-container/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-container/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-contrib/flink-connector-wikiedits/pom.xml b/flink-contrib/flink-connector-wikiedits/pom.xml
index 0752a85847762..1723a9a5cb61b 100644
--- a/flink-contrib/flink-connector-wikiedits/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-contrib/flink-connector-wikiedits/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-contrib</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-contrib/flink-storm-examples/pom.xml b/flink-contrib/flink-storm-examples/pom.xml
index a7d597a3ddfb9..42038cd1e11b7 100644
--- a/flink-contrib/flink-storm-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-contrib/flink-storm-examples/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-contrib</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-contrib/flink-storm/pom.xml b/flink-contrib/flink-storm/pom.xml
index 3be0d71ffdfa4..6b6f07ec7450a 100644
--- a/flink-contrib/flink-storm/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-contrib/flink-storm/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-contrib</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-contrib/pom.xml b/flink-contrib/pom.xml
index 95473f92734b5..7ea9b19731e03 100644
--- a/flink-contrib/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-contrib/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-core/pom.xml b/flink-core/pom.xml
index 276cc090c51a6..c17aeb30d2a09 100644
--- a/flink-core/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-core/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-dist/pom.xml b/flink-dist/pom.xml
index c11517af53f93..a4c67d7b8c071 100644
--- a/flink-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-dist/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-docs/pom.xml b/flink-docs/pom.xml
index 75e3f9b53fb98..3e87c9356f51f 100644
--- a/flink-docs/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-docs/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-bucketing-sink-test/pom.xml b/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-bucketing-sink-test/pom.xml
index 2fd04f5524efc..808cef7500af3 100644
--- a/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-bucketing-sink-test/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-bucketing-sink-test/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-end-to-end-tests</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-confluent-schema-registry/pom.xml b/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-confluent-schema-registry/pom.xml
index ea81997f36d88..0dc5869439ce4 100644
--- a/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-confluent-schema-registry/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-confluent-schema-registry/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>flink-end-to-end-tests</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-dataset-allround-test/pom.xml b/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-dataset-allround-test/pom.xml
index a79c7242bdbdb..7bbe1db80d0f7 100644
--- a/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-dataset-allround-test/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-dataset-allround-test/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
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diff --git a/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-datastream-allround-test/pom.xml b/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-datastream-allround-test/pom.xml
index e043c0ff43048..757d61e816ce5 100644
--- a/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-datastream-allround-test/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-distributed-cache-via-blob-test/pom.xml b/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-distributed-cache-via-blob-test/pom.xml
index b6a2356f07302..a1bf76058a966 100644
--- a/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-distributed-cache-via-blob-test/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-elasticsearch1-test/pom.xml b/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-elasticsearch1-test/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-elasticsearch2-test/pom.xml b/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-elasticsearch2-test/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-elasticsearch5-test/pom.xml b/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-elasticsearch5-test/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-elasticsearch6-test/pom.xml b/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-elasticsearch6-test/pom.xml
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--- a/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-elasticsearch6-test/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-high-parallelism-iterations-test/pom.xml b/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-high-parallelism-iterations-test/pom.xml
index c619225d6e130..cf1297dc484c3 100644
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diff --git a/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-local-recovery-and-allocation-test/pom.xml b/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-local-recovery-and-allocation-test/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-queryable-state-test/pom.xml b/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-queryable-state-test/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-sql-client-test/pom.xml b/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-sql-client-test/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-state-evolution-test/pom.xml b/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-state-evolution-test/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-stream-sql-test/pom.xml b/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-stream-sql-test/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-stream-state-ttl-test/pom.xml b/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-stream-state-ttl-test/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-stream-stateful-job-upgrade-test/pom.xml b/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-stream-stateful-job-upgrade-test/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-streaming-file-sink-test/pom.xml b/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-streaming-file-sink-test/pom.xml
index c9aef8d312c17..59ba6a466e660 100644
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diff --git a/flink-examples/flink-examples-batch/pom.xml b/flink-examples/flink-examples-batch/pom.xml
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--- a/flink-examples/flink-examples-batch/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-examples/flink-examples-streaming/pom.xml b/flink-examples/flink-examples-streaming/pom.xml
index cbeef2a10cd04..180a6cbe9d3a9 100644
--- a/flink-examples/flink-examples-streaming/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-examples/flink-examples-table/pom.xml b/flink-examples/flink-examples-table/pom.xml
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--- a/flink-examples/flink-examples-table/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-examples/pom.xml b/flink-examples/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-filesystems/flink-fs-hadoop-shaded/pom.xml b/flink-filesystems/flink-fs-hadoop-shaded/pom.xml
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--- a/flink-filesystems/flink-fs-hadoop-shaded/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-filesystems/flink-hadoop-fs/pom.xml b/flink-filesystems/flink-hadoop-fs/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-filesystems/flink-mapr-fs/pom.xml b/flink-filesystems/flink-mapr-fs/pom.xml
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--- a/flink-filesystems/flink-mapr-fs/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-filesystems/flink-s3-fs-base/pom.xml b/flink-filesystems/flink-s3-fs-base/pom.xml
index 6cc877dd57305..f89562dd6e2b9 100644
--- a/flink-filesystems/flink-s3-fs-base/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-filesystems/flink-s3-fs-hadoop/pom.xml b/flink-filesystems/flink-s3-fs-hadoop/pom.xml
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--- a/flink-filesystems/flink-s3-fs-hadoop/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-filesystems/flink-s3-fs-presto/pom.xml b/flink-filesystems/flink-s3-fs-presto/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-filesystems/flink-swift-fs-hadoop/pom.xml b/flink-filesystems/flink-swift-fs-hadoop/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-filesystems/pom.xml b/flink-filesystems/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-formats/flink-avro-confluent-registry/pom.xml b/flink-formats/flink-avro-confluent-registry/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-formats/flink-avro/pom.xml b/flink-formats/flink-avro/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-formats/flink-json/pom.xml b/flink-formats/flink-json/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-formats/flink-parquet/pom.xml b/flink-formats/flink-parquet/pom.xml
index b1958013513c8..9caa5fb975ef6 100644
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diff --git a/flink-formats/pom.xml b/flink-formats/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-fs-tests/pom.xml b/flink-fs-tests/pom.xml
index f0e9a98fc2db3..d9e5909cbc130 100644
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diff --git a/flink-java/pom.xml b/flink-java/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-libraries/flink-cep-scala/pom.xml b/flink-libraries/flink-cep-scala/pom.xml
index 07533d216543f..f5edb85b651c5 100644
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diff --git a/flink-libraries/flink-cep/pom.xml b/flink-libraries/flink-cep/pom.xml
index 81db582b64060..b8162debf6851 100644
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diff --git a/flink-libraries/flink-gelly-examples/pom.xml b/flink-libraries/flink-gelly-examples/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-libraries/flink-gelly-scala/pom.xml b/flink-libraries/flink-gelly-scala/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-libraries/flink-ml/pom.xml b/flink-libraries/flink-ml/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-libraries/flink-python/pom.xml b/flink-libraries/flink-python/pom.xml
index 0ca2f99764440..cf04cf8f3c8bf 100644
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diff --git a/flink-libraries/flink-sql-client/pom.xml b/flink-libraries/flink-sql-client/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-libraries/flink-streaming-python/pom.xml b/flink-libraries/flink-streaming-python/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-libraries/flink-table-common/pom.xml b/flink-libraries/flink-table-common/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-mesos/pom.xml b/flink-mesos/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-core/pom.xml b/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-core/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-datadog/pom.xml b/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-datadog/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-dropwizard/pom.xml b/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-dropwizard/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-ganglia/pom.xml b/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-ganglia/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-graphite/pom.xml b/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-graphite/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-prometheus/pom.xml b/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-prometheus/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-slf4j/pom.xml b/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-slf4j/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-optimizer/pom.xml b/flink-optimizer/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-queryable-state/flink-queryable-state-client-java/pom.xml b/flink-queryable-state/flink-queryable-state-client-java/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-queryable-state/pom.xml b/flink-queryable-state/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-quickstart/flink-quickstart-java/pom.xml b/flink-quickstart/flink-quickstart-java/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-quickstart/flink-quickstart-scala/pom.xml b/flink-quickstart/flink-quickstart-scala/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-quickstart/pom.xml b/flink-quickstart/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-runtime-web/pom.xml b/flink-runtime-web/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-runtime/pom.xml b/flink-runtime/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-scala-shell/pom.xml b/flink-scala-shell/pom.xml
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 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-scala/pom.xml b/flink-scala/pom.xml
index e7fc6e13c2b50..eebe7d23a7d49 100644
--- a/flink-scala/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-scala/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-shaded-curator/pom.xml b/flink-shaded-curator/pom.xml
index 9a45ef7e03dc9..a25a418c925eb 100644
--- a/flink-shaded-curator/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-shaded-curator/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-shaded-hadoop/flink-shaded-hadoop2-uber/pom.xml b/flink-shaded-hadoop/flink-shaded-hadoop2-uber/pom.xml
index 4fa07e23f33e6..29fe5d3f4848a 100644
--- a/flink-shaded-hadoop/flink-shaded-hadoop2-uber/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-shaded-hadoop/flink-shaded-hadoop2-uber/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-shaded-hadoop</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-shaded-hadoop/flink-shaded-hadoop2/pom.xml b/flink-shaded-hadoop/flink-shaded-hadoop2/pom.xml
index 6849138e61553..4639af2b3cf54 100644
--- a/flink-shaded-hadoop/flink-shaded-hadoop2/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-shaded-hadoop/flink-shaded-hadoop2/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-shaded-hadoop</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-shaded-hadoop/flink-shaded-yarn-tests/pom.xml b/flink-shaded-hadoop/flink-shaded-yarn-tests/pom.xml
index cdda27cab97b7..e1f5b0dcdaa7f 100644
--- a/flink-shaded-hadoop/flink-shaded-yarn-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-shaded-hadoop/flink-shaded-yarn-tests/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-shaded-hadoop</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-shaded-hadoop/pom.xml b/flink-shaded-hadoop/pom.xml
index 34b8fb9409729..4e8dbbf553914 100644
--- a/flink-shaded-hadoop/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-shaded-hadoop/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-state-backends/flink-statebackend-rocksdb/pom.xml b/flink-state-backends/flink-statebackend-rocksdb/pom.xml
index 1b729e86a13b3..2736729aafe74 100644
--- a/flink-state-backends/flink-statebackend-rocksdb/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-state-backends/flink-statebackend-rocksdb/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-state-backends</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-state-backends/pom.xml b/flink-state-backends/pom.xml
index 82a1e5a78f262..2eb161a3ff960 100644
--- a/flink-state-backends/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-state-backends/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-streaming-java/pom.xml b/flink-streaming-java/pom.xml
index e64ed48c712be..d740928490c12 100644
--- a/flink-streaming-java/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-streaming-java/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-streaming-scala/pom.xml b/flink-streaming-scala/pom.xml
index d7cebb48502fc..4adc01b3866bf 100644
--- a/flink-streaming-scala/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-streaming-scala/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-test-utils-parent/flink-test-utils-junit/pom.xml b/flink-test-utils-parent/flink-test-utils-junit/pom.xml
index e933b8223e42e..9a7066335c6a4 100644
--- a/flink-test-utils-parent/flink-test-utils-junit/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-test-utils-parent/flink-test-utils-junit/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-test-utils-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-test-utils-parent/flink-test-utils/pom.xml b/flink-test-utils-parent/flink-test-utils/pom.xml
index 6c32a436babc2..d862505b84337 100644
--- a/flink-test-utils-parent/flink-test-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-test-utils-parent/flink-test-utils/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-test-utils-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-test-utils-parent/pom.xml b/flink-test-utils-parent/pom.xml
index 951e4b903f07d..4cc76ccc88f1d 100644
--- a/flink-test-utils-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-test-utils-parent/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-tests/pom.xml b/flink-tests/pom.xml
index 80cf8de877d36..fbcbd6f682ac8 100644
--- a/flink-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-tests/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-yarn-tests/pom.xml b/flink-yarn-tests/pom.xml
index c09b0dd64ca53..50e56a2e70562 100644
--- a/flink-yarn-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-yarn-tests/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-yarn/pom.xml b/flink-yarn/pom.xml
index 4db79ed247576..38f0d0a862c68 100644
--- a/flink-yarn/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-yarn/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 055e64896e55a..463a831694afd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ under the License.
 
 	<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 	<artifactId>flink-parent</artifactId>
-	<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
 	<name>flink</name>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ under the License.
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 			<artifactId>force-shading</artifactId>
-			<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- Root dependencies for all projects -->
diff --git a/tools/force-shading/pom.xml b/tools/force-shading/pom.xml
index a0f772cfa211d..1a6c8a147c259 100644
--- a/tools/force-shading/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/force-shading/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ under the License.
 
 	<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 	<artifactId>force-shading</artifactId>
-	<version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>