diff --git a/assembly/pom.xml b/assembly/pom.xml
index 30d3daa77..d115f3498 100644
--- a/assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/assembly/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.sshd</groupId>
         <artifactId>sshd</artifactId>
-        <version>2.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.8.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>apache-sshd</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index edf2a8622..91425da2d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-<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">
+<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">
     <!--
 
         Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
@@ -29,7 +27,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.apache.sshd</groupId>
     <artifactId>sshd</artifactId>
-    <version>2.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.8.0</version>
     <name>Apache Mina SSHD</name>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <inceptionYear>2008</inceptionYear>
@@ -77,13 +75,13 @@
         <connection>scm:git:https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/mina-sshd.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/mina-sshd.git</developerConnection>
         <url>https://github.com/apache/mina-sshd/tree/${project.scm.tag}</url>
-        <tag>master</tag>
+        <tag>sshd-2.8.0</tag>
     </scm>
 
     <properties>
         <projectRoot>${project.basedir}</projectRoot>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <project.build.outputTimestamp>2021-01-01T00:00:00Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
+        <project.build.outputTimestamp>2021-11-29T12:41:31Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
 
         <!-- NOTE: actual value updated by gmavenplus-plugin on initialization phase -->
         <!-- workspace.root.dir>${project.basedir}</workspace.root.dir -->
@@ -1103,7 +1101,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>net.revelc.code.formatter</groupId>
                     <artifactId>formatter-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.17.0</version>
+                    <version>2.16.0</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <skipXmlFormatting>true</skipXmlFormatting>
                         <skipHtmlFormatting>true</skipHtmlFormatting>
diff --git a/sshd-cli/pom.xml b/sshd-cli/pom.xml
index 50fd6632a..f05148d16 100644
--- a/sshd-cli/pom.xml
+++ b/sshd-cli/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.sshd</groupId>
         <artifactId>sshd</artifactId>
-        <version>2.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.8.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>sshd-cli</artifactId>
diff --git a/sshd-common/pom.xml b/sshd-common/pom.xml
index 2829224cf..b53273442 100644
--- a/sshd-common/pom.xml
+++ b/sshd-common/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.sshd</groupId>
         <artifactId>sshd</artifactId>
-        <version>2.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.8.0</version>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/sshd-contrib/pom.xml b/sshd-contrib/pom.xml
index 4c2a1f88d..2af6379a5 100644
--- a/sshd-contrib/pom.xml
+++ b/sshd-contrib/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.sshd</groupId>
         <artifactId>sshd</artifactId>
-        <version>2.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.8.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <!-- NOTE ::: NOTE ::: NOTE ::: NOTE ::: NOTE ::: NOTE ::: NOTE ::: NOTE :::
diff --git a/sshd-core/pom.xml b/sshd-core/pom.xml
index 5aa7352f9..29eb3a3a8 100644
--- a/sshd-core/pom.xml
+++ b/sshd-core/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.sshd</groupId>
         <artifactId>sshd</artifactId>
-        <version>2.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.8.0</version>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/sshd-git/pom.xml b/sshd-git/pom.xml
index 4dbb8d9b7..24a2adc4c 100644
--- a/sshd-git/pom.xml
+++ b/sshd-git/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.sshd</groupId>
         <artifactId>sshd</artifactId>
-        <version>2.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.8.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>sshd-git</artifactId>
diff --git a/sshd-ldap/pom.xml b/sshd-ldap/pom.xml
index b4aa0d0d0..9746151ee 100644
--- a/sshd-ldap/pom.xml
+++ b/sshd-ldap/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.sshd</groupId>
         <artifactId>sshd</artifactId>
-        <version>2.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.8.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>sshd-ldap</artifactId>
diff --git a/sshd-mina/pom.xml b/sshd-mina/pom.xml
index 0d9894fe5..c17114b2a 100644
--- a/sshd-mina/pom.xml
+++ b/sshd-mina/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.sshd</groupId>
         <artifactId>sshd</artifactId>
-        <version>2.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.8.0</version>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/sshd-netty/pom.xml b/sshd-netty/pom.xml
index 61b86682a..168300090 100644
--- a/sshd-netty/pom.xml
+++ b/sshd-netty/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.sshd</groupId>
         <artifactId>sshd</artifactId>
-        <version>2.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.8.0</version>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/sshd-openpgp/pom.xml b/sshd-openpgp/pom.xml
index 7797d60b9..73603a912 100644
--- a/sshd-openpgp/pom.xml
+++ b/sshd-openpgp/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.sshd</groupId>
         <artifactId>sshd</artifactId>
-        <version>2.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.8.0</version>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/sshd-osgi/pom.xml b/sshd-osgi/pom.xml
index 877e8268b..4c911a4cf 100644
--- a/sshd-osgi/pom.xml
+++ b/sshd-osgi/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.sshd</groupId>
         <artifactId>sshd</artifactId>
-        <version>2.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.8.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>sshd-osgi</artifactId>
diff --git a/sshd-putty/pom.xml b/sshd-putty/pom.xml
index 6c761f1dd..3f8f6efc0 100644
--- a/sshd-putty/pom.xml
+++ b/sshd-putty/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.sshd</groupId>
         <artifactId>sshd</artifactId>
-        <version>2.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.8.0</version>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/sshd-scp/pom.xml b/sshd-scp/pom.xml
index fa2417a04..d8ca9e1f7 100644
--- a/sshd-scp/pom.xml
+++ b/sshd-scp/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.sshd</groupId>
         <artifactId>sshd</artifactId>
-        <version>2.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.8.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>sshd-scp</artifactId>
diff --git a/sshd-sftp/pom.xml b/sshd-sftp/pom.xml
index c5c8bc4c7..f15101749 100644
--- a/sshd-sftp/pom.xml
+++ b/sshd-sftp/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.sshd</groupId>
         <artifactId>sshd</artifactId>
-        <version>2.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.8.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>sshd-sftp</artifactId>
diff --git a/sshd-spring-sftp/pom.xml b/sshd-spring-sftp/pom.xml
index 4e9af5af4..b2fa95d9f 100644
--- a/sshd-spring-sftp/pom.xml
+++ b/sshd-spring-sftp/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.sshd</groupId>
         <artifactId>sshd</artifactId>
-        <version>2.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.8.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>sshd-spring-sftp</artifactId>