diff --git a/limes-core/pom.xml b/limes-core/pom.xml
index bfe5bb80c..a4d0b5c9a 100644
--- a/limes-core/pom.xml
+++ b/limes-core/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.aksw.limes</groupId>
         <artifactId>limes-full</artifactId>
-        <version>1.7.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.8.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/limes-debian-cli/pom.xml b/limes-debian-cli/pom.xml
index 3e4423f09..6c0447927 100644
--- a/limes-debian-cli/pom.xml
+++ b/limes-debian-cli/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.aksw.limes</groupId>
 		<artifactId>limes-full</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7.9</version>
+		<version>1.8.0</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>limes-debian-cli</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 865b9cfad..ce097769b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.aksw.limes</groupId>
     <artifactId>limes-full</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.0</version>
     <name>LIMES</name>
     <description>LIMES – Link Discovery Framework for Metric Spaces.</description>
     <url>https://aksw.org/Projects/LIMES</url>