diff --git a/apache-maven/pom.xml b/apache-maven/pom.xml
index c7a1844b84..a44ca215a5 100644
--- a/apache-maven/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-maven/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>apache-maven</artifactId>
diff --git a/api/maven-api-core/pom.xml b/api/maven-api-core/pom.xml
index 3971499add..b725eacfb0 100644
--- a/api/maven-api-core/pom.xml
+++ b/api/maven-api-core/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven-api</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-api-core</artifactId>
@@ -34,22 +34,22 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-api-meta</artifactId>
-      <version>4.0.0-alpha-8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.0.0-alpha-8</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-api-model</artifactId>
-      <version>4.0.0-alpha-8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.0.0-alpha-8</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-api-settings</artifactId>
-      <version>4.0.0-alpha-8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.0.0-alpha-8</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-api-toolchain</artifactId>
-      <version>4.0.0-alpha-8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.0.0-alpha-8</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/api/maven-api-meta/pom.xml b/api/maven-api-meta/pom.xml
index 1033e456fa..3fd47518ce 100644
--- a/api/maven-api-meta/pom.xml
+++ b/api/maven-api-meta/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven-api</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-api-meta</artifactId>
diff --git a/api/maven-api-model/pom.xml b/api/maven-api-model/pom.xml
index 47e5e2758a..8ef392d56c 100644
--- a/api/maven-api-model/pom.xml
+++ b/api/maven-api-model/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven-api</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-api-model</artifactId>
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ under the License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-api-xml</artifactId>
-      <version>4.0.0-alpha-8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.0.0-alpha-8</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/api/maven-api-settings/pom.xml b/api/maven-api-settings/pom.xml
index 2c7d0c065b..1263a2a0e5 100644
--- a/api/maven-api-settings/pom.xml
+++ b/api/maven-api-settings/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven-api</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-api-settings</artifactId>
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ under the License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-api-xml</artifactId>
-      <version>4.0.0-alpha-8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.0.0-alpha-8</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/api/maven-api-spi/pom.xml b/api/maven-api-spi/pom.xml
index 3d03f8606d..4798632407 100644
--- a/api/maven-api-spi/pom.xml
+++ b/api/maven-api-spi/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven-api</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-api-spi</artifactId>
diff --git a/api/maven-api-toolchain/pom.xml b/api/maven-api-toolchain/pom.xml
index 7bb1632b71..ca9157392b 100644
--- a/api/maven-api-toolchain/pom.xml
+++ b/api/maven-api-toolchain/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven-api</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-api-toolchain</artifactId>
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ under the License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-api-xml</artifactId>
-      <version>4.0.0-alpha-8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.0.0-alpha-8</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/api/maven-api-xml/pom.xml b/api/maven-api-xml/pom.xml
index c4162fecaa..07804dd4aa 100644
--- a/api/maven-api-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/api/maven-api-xml/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven-api</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-api-xml</artifactId>
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-api-meta</artifactId>
-      <version>4.0.0-alpha-8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.0.0-alpha-8</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/api/pom.xml b/api/pom.xml
index 42b6ec7a7e..7ad87efbf3 100644
--- a/api/pom.xml
+++ b/api/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-artifact/pom.xml b/maven-artifact/pom.xml
index 7b90d776dc..493d7c8890 100644
--- a/maven-artifact/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-artifact/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-artifact</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-bom/pom.xml b/maven-bom/pom.xml
index 0e43dc90a9..ef3224d582 100644
--- a/maven-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-bom/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ under the License.
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>4.0.0-alpha-8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>4.0.0-alpha-8</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Maven Dependencies BOM</name>
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ under the License.
   <scm>
     <connection>scm:git:https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/maven.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/maven.git</developerConnection>
-    <tag>maven-4.0.0-alpha-3</tag>
+    <tag>maven-4.0.0-alpha-8</tag>
     <url>https://github.com/apache/maven/tree/${project.scm.tag}/${project.artifactId}</url>
   </scm>
   <issueManagement>
diff --git a/maven-builder-support/pom.xml b/maven-builder-support/pom.xml
index 417cf1c7bc..58d8e1afe7 100644
--- a/maven-builder-support/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-builder-support/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-builder-support</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-compat/pom.xml b/maven-compat/pom.xml
index 1cfe9c305c..932e449636 100644
--- a/maven-compat/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-compat/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-compat</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-core/pom.xml b/maven-core/pom.xml
index 43898d9444..65958081ff 100644
--- a/maven-core/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-core/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-embedder/pom.xml b/maven-embedder/pom.xml
index 1d087b760c..92edeff26e 100644
--- a/maven-embedder/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-embedder/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-embedder</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-model-builder/pom.xml b/maven-model-builder/pom.xml
index 1c6269ddfc..1bf9b2173b 100644
--- a/maven-model-builder/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-model-builder/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-model-builder</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-model/pom.xml b/maven-model/pom.xml
index 46614761c1..46ddca6359 100644
--- a/maven-model/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-model/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-model</artifactId>
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@ under the License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-api-model</artifactId>
-      <version>4.0.0-alpha-8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.0.0-alpha-8</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-xml-impl</artifactId>
-      <version>4.0.0-alpha-8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.0.0-alpha-8</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
diff --git a/maven-plugin-api/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-api/pom.xml
index c6dc4a43c5..433e3b70ae 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-api/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-api/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-repository-metadata/pom.xml b/maven-repository-metadata/pom.xml
index 7fe3083823..7b217ce59a 100644
--- a/maven-repository-metadata/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-repository-metadata/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-repository-metadata</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-resolver-provider/pom.xml b/maven-resolver-provider/pom.xml
index decd6d879d..6f4463cb90 100644
--- a/maven-resolver-provider/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-resolver-provider/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-resolver-provider</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-settings-builder/pom.xml b/maven-settings-builder/pom.xml
index 28fc1e56cc..2ab6e939f9 100644
--- a/maven-settings-builder/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-settings-builder/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-settings-builder</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-settings/pom.xml b/maven-settings/pom.xml
index af48983785..f2f54ff069 100644
--- a/maven-settings/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-settings/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-settings</artifactId>
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@ under the License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-api-settings</artifactId>
-      <version>4.0.0-alpha-8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.0.0-alpha-8</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-xml-impl</artifactId>
-      <version>4.0.0-alpha-8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.0.0-alpha-8</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
diff --git a/maven-slf4j-provider/pom.xml b/maven-slf4j-provider/pom.xml
index 2d19d19164..d1229413cf 100644
--- a/maven-slf4j-provider/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-slf4j-provider/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-slf4j-provider</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-slf4j-wrapper/pom.xml b/maven-slf4j-wrapper/pom.xml
index e6141aa8cf..07ba9798a7 100644
--- a/maven-slf4j-wrapper/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-slf4j-wrapper/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-slf4j-wrapper</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-toolchain-builder/pom.xml b/maven-toolchain-builder/pom.xml
index 1d8642fcef..a4fc1fe4a6 100644
--- a/maven-toolchain-builder/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-toolchain-builder/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-toolchain-builder</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-toolchain-model/pom.xml b/maven-toolchain-model/pom.xml
index 89b171c3f1..b680e402ea 100644
--- a/maven-toolchain-model/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-toolchain-model/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-toolchain-model</artifactId>
@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@ under the License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-api-toolchain</artifactId>
-      <version>4.0.0-alpha-8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.0.0-alpha-8</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-xml-impl</artifactId>
-      <version>4.0.0-alpha-8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.0.0-alpha-8</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
diff --git a/maven-xml-impl/pom.xml b/maven-xml-impl/pom.xml
index 874d354fc3..365340fb13 100644
--- a/maven-xml-impl/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-xml-impl/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-xml-impl</artifactId>
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ under the License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-api-xml</artifactId>
-      <version>4.0.0-alpha-8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.0.0-alpha-8</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.sisu</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9536af5235..7c449b3f6b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ under the License.
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
-  <version>4.0.0-alpha-8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>4.0.0-alpha-8</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Apache Maven</name>
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ under the License.
   <scm>
     <connection>scm:git:https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/maven.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/maven.git</developerConnection>
-    <tag>maven-4.0.0-alpha-3</tag>
+    <tag>maven-4.0.0-alpha-8</tag>
     <url>https://github.com/apache/maven/tree/${project.scm.tag}</url>
   </scm>
   <issueManagement>
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ under the License.
     <distributionShortName>Maven</distributionShortName>
     <distributionName>Apache Maven</distributionName>
     <maven.site.path>ref/4-LATEST</maven.site.path>
-    <project.build.outputTimestamp>2023-06-24T08:52:55Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
+    <project.build.outputTimestamp>2023-10-20T19:18:59Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
   </properties>
 
   <!--bootstrap-start-comment-->