diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2ed591e3..78b848be 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,16 +20,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
     <artifactId>commons-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>48</version>
+    <version>50</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>commons-csv</artifactId>
   <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>Apache Commons CSV</name>
   <url>https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-csv/</url>
-  <description>
-The Apache Commons CSV library provides a simple interface for reading and writing
-CSV files of various types.
-  </description>
+  <description>The Apache Commons CSV library provides a simple interface for reading and writing CSV files of various types.</description>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
@@ -386,52 +383,6 @@ CSV files of various types.
   </reporting>
 
   <profiles>
-    <profile>
-      <id>setup-checkout</id>
-      <activation>
-        <file>
-          <missing>site-content</missing>
-        </file>
-      </activation>
-      <build>
-        <plugins>
-          <plugin>
-            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-            <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>1.8</version>
-            <executions>
-              <execution>
-                <id>prepare-checkout</id>
-                <phase>pre-site</phase>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>run</goal>
-                </goals>
-                <configuration>
-                  <tasks>
-                    <exec executable="svn">
-                      <arg line="checkout --depth immediates ${commons.scmPubUrl} ${commons.scmPubCheckoutDirectory}" />
-                    </exec>
-
-                    <exec executable="svn">
-                      <arg line="update --set-depth exclude ${commons.scmPubCheckoutDirectory}/javadocs" />
-                    </exec>
-
-                    <pathconvert pathsep=" " property="dirs">
-                      <dirset dir="${commons.scmPubCheckoutDirectory}" includes="*" />
-                    </pathconvert>
-                    <exec executable="svn">
-                      <arg line="update --set-depth infinity ${dirs}" />
-                    </exec>
-                  </tasks>
-                </configuration>
-              </execution>
-            </executions>
-          </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-      </build>
-    </profile>
-
-
     <!-- Profile to build and run the benchmarks. Use 'mvn test -Pbenchmark', and add '-Dbenchmark=foo' to run only the foo benchmark -->
     <profile>
       <id>benchmark</id>
diff --git a/src/site/site.xml b/src/site/site.xml
index 66713a01..50e95875 100644
--- a/src/site/site.xml
+++ b/src/site/site.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
       <item name="Issue Tracking"  href="/issue-tracking.html"/>
       <item name="Team"            href="/team.html"/>
       <item name="Javadoc"         href="/apidocs/index.html"/>
+      <item name="Javadoc 1.8"     href="https://javadoc.io/doc/org.apache.commons/commons-csv/1.8"/>
       <item name="Javadoc 1.7"     href="https://javadoc.io/doc/org.apache.commons/commons-csv/1.7"/>
       <item name="Javadoc 1.6"     href="https://javadoc.io/doc/org.apache.commons/commons-csv/1.6"/>
       <item name="Javadoc 1.5"     href="https://javadoc.io/doc/org.apache.commons/commons-csv/1.5"/>
diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/index.xml b/src/site/xdoc/index.xml
index 18023ddf..5943b575 100644
--- a/src/site/xdoc/index.xml
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/index.xml
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ The Javadoc API documents are available online:
 </p>
 <ul>
   <li><a href="apidocs/index.html">Javadoc trunk</a></li>
+  <li><a href="https://javadoc.io/doc/org.apache.commons/commons-csv/1.8">Javadoc 1.8</a></li>
+  <li><a href="https://javadoc.io/doc/org.apache.commons/commons-csv/1.7">Javadoc 1.7</a></li>
   <li><a href="https://javadoc.io/doc/org.apache.commons/commons-csv/1.6">Javadoc 1.6</a></li>
   <li><a href="https://javadoc.io/doc/org.apache.commons/commons-csv/1.5">Javadoc 1.5</a></li>
   <li><a href="https://javadoc.io/doc/org.apache.commons/commons-csv/1.4">Javadoc 1.4</a></li>
@@ -67,7 +69,8 @@ The <a href="scm.html">git repository</a> can be
 <!-- ================================================== -->
 <section name="Releases">
 <ul>
-  <li><a href="https://commons.apache.org/csv/download_csv.cgi">Apache Commons CSV 1.7 (mirrors)</a> requires Java 8</li>
+  <li><a href="https://commons.apache.org/csv/download_csv.cgi">Apache Commons CSV 1.8 (mirrors)</a> requires Java 8</li>
+  <li><a href="https://archive.apache.org/dist/commons/csv/">Apache Commons CSV 1.7 (archives)</a> requires Java 8</li>
   <li><a href="https://archive.apache.org/dist/commons/csv/">Apache Commons CSV 1.6 (archives)</a> requires Java 7</li>
   <li><a href="https://archive.apache.org/dist/commons/csv/">Apache Commons CSV 1.5 (archives)</a> requires Java 7</li>
   <li><a href="https://archive.apache.org/dist/commons/csv/">Apache Commons CSV 1.4 (archives)</a> requires Java 6</li>
@@ -92,7 +95,7 @@ For previous releases, see the <a href="https://archive.apache.org/dist/commons/
   <pre>&lt;dependency&gt;
     &lt;groupId&gt;org.apache.commons&lt;/groupId&gt;
     &lt;artifactId&gt;commons-csv&lt;/artifactId&gt;
-    &lt;version&gt;1.7&lt;/version&gt;
+    &lt;version&gt;1.8&lt;/version&gt;
 &lt;/dependency&gt;</pre>
 </p>
 <p>