diff --git a/aws-common/pom.xml b/aws-common/pom.xml
index 47639f9cece..89b734d559a 100644
--- a/aws-common/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-common/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.druid</groupId>
         <artifactId>druid</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.8.0-rc1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/benchmarks/pom.xml b/benchmarks/pom.xml
index 74304b0f73b..7815126a363 100644
--- a/benchmarks/pom.xml
+++ b/benchmarks/pom.xml
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@
  ~ under the License.
  -->
 
-<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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <artifactId>druid-benchmarks</artifactId>
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.druid</groupId>
     <artifactId>druid</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-rc1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <prerequisites>
diff --git a/common/pom.xml b/common/pom.xml
index 88cca535998..4132b6d7086 100644
--- a/common/pom.xml
+++ b/common/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.druid</groupId>
         <artifactId>druid</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.8.0-rc1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index cbd028aea5a..5541101ef9c 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.druid</groupId>
         <artifactId>druid</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.8.0-rc1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/extensions/azure-extensions/pom.xml b/extensions/azure-extensions/pom.xml
index 16c6faeb3e9..a17160cf12a 100644
--- a/extensions/azure-extensions/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/azure-extensions/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.druid</groupId>
         <artifactId>druid</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.8.0-rc1</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/extensions/cassandra-storage/pom.xml b/extensions/cassandra-storage/pom.xml
index ba68e4b0bfb..c8387a8af9f 100644
--- a/extensions/cassandra-storage/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/cassandra-storage/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.druid</groupId>
         <artifactId>druid</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.8.0-rc1</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/extensions/hdfs-storage/pom.xml b/extensions/hdfs-storage/pom.xml
index d8990bf16d9..f93b782184e 100644
--- a/extensions/hdfs-storage/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/hdfs-storage/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.druid</groupId>
         <artifactId>druid</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.8.0-rc1</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/extensions/histogram/pom.xml b/extensions/histogram/pom.xml
index 4f76631c291..7bdfb5c1c15 100644
--- a/extensions/histogram/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/histogram/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.druid</groupId>
         <artifactId>druid</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.8.0-rc1</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/extensions/kafka-eight/pom.xml b/extensions/kafka-eight/pom.xml
index 93040cc7583..f0af1d4a36a 100644
--- a/extensions/kafka-eight/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/kafka-eight/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.druid</groupId>
         <artifactId>druid</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.8.0-rc1</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/extensions/mysql-metadata-storage/pom.xml b/extensions/mysql-metadata-storage/pom.xml
index 78e4ff01fbc..fa5bebc2ab4 100644
--- a/extensions/mysql-metadata-storage/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/mysql-metadata-storage/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.druid</groupId>
         <artifactId>druid</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.8.0-rc1</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/extensions/postgresql-metadata-storage/pom.xml b/extensions/postgresql-metadata-storage/pom.xml
index 11aea81ca5f..9bc8615a540 100644
--- a/extensions/postgresql-metadata-storage/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/postgresql-metadata-storage/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.druid</groupId>
         <artifactId>druid</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.8.0-rc1</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/extensions/rabbitmq/pom.xml b/extensions/rabbitmq/pom.xml
index d8a14e33883..1632bd963bb 100644
--- a/extensions/rabbitmq/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/rabbitmq/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.druid</groupId>
         <artifactId>druid</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.8.0-rc1</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/extensions/s3-extensions/pom.xml b/extensions/s3-extensions/pom.xml
index 4b08214f762..0ab14845610 100644
--- a/extensions/s3-extensions/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/s3-extensions/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.druid</groupId>
         <artifactId>druid</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.8.0-rc1</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/indexing-hadoop/pom.xml b/indexing-hadoop/pom.xml
index 45db63a31af..e99904425ef 100644
--- a/indexing-hadoop/pom.xml
+++ b/indexing-hadoop/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.druid</groupId>
         <artifactId>druid</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.8.0-rc1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/indexing-service/pom.xml b/indexing-service/pom.xml
index 7486c3b7d9c..ad4f0a5d3e4 100644
--- a/indexing-service/pom.xml
+++ b/indexing-service/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.druid</groupId>
         <artifactId>druid</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.8.0-rc1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/integration-tests/pom.xml b/integration-tests/pom.xml
index 410096fcfd6..0108c86cff6 100644
--- a/integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.druid</groupId>
         <artifactId>druid</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.8.0-rc1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 20a5aab78f9..3b9d4d71b02 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>druid</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-rc1</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <name>${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}</name>
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
         <connection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/druid-io/druid.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/druid-io/druid.git</developerConnection>
         <url>https://github.com/druid-io/druid.git</url>
-        <tag>druid-0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</tag>
+        <tag>druid-0.8.0-rc1</tag>
     </scm>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/processing/pom.xml b/processing/pom.xml
index 8fcffa62a14..6d392a09e77 100644
--- a/processing/pom.xml
+++ b/processing/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.druid</groupId>
         <artifactId>druid</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.8.0-rc1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/server/pom.xml b/server/pom.xml
index 7c1a33a3670..d94e61e887e 100644
--- a/server/pom.xml
+++ b/server/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.druid</groupId>
         <artifactId>druid</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.8.0-rc1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/services/pom.xml b/services/pom.xml
index d26b7c00b15..9bc0b8ea16b 100644
--- a/services/pom.xml
+++ b/services/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.druid</groupId>
         <artifactId>druid</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.8.0-rc1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>