diff --git a/pitest-ant/pom.xml b/pitest-ant/pom.xml
index 223d840e1..0e771a753 100644
--- a/pitest-ant/pom.xml
+++ b/pitest-ant/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>pitest-parent</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.pitest</groupId>
-		<version>1.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.1.8</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>pitest-ant</artifactId>
 	<name>pitest-ant</name>
diff --git a/pitest-build-config/pom.xml b/pitest-build-config/pom.xml
index 4eb63ec58..79cc593e7 100644
--- a/pitest-build-config/pom.xml
+++ b/pitest-build-config/pom.xml
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.pitest</groupId>
   <artifactId>pitest-build-config</artifactId>
-  <version>1.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.1.8</version>
   <name>Build Config</name>
   <parent>
     <artifactId>pitest-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.pitest</groupId>
-    <version>1.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1.8</version>
   </parent>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/pitest-command-line/pom.xml b/pitest-command-line/pom.xml
index 8c9b393c5..41ef92ae8 100644
--- a/pitest-command-line/pom.xml
+++ b/pitest-command-line/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>pitest-parent</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.pitest</groupId>
-		<version>1.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.1.8</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>pitest-command-line</artifactId>
 	<name>pitest-command-line</name>
diff --git a/pitest-groovy-verification/pom.xml b/pitest-groovy-verification/pom.xml
index 9a09eb7b7..ab8d64319 100644
--- a/pitest-groovy-verification/pom.xml
+++ b/pitest-groovy-verification/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>pitest-parent</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.pitest</groupId>
-		<version>1.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.1.8</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>pitest-groovy-verification</artifactId>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/pitest-html-report/pom.xml b/pitest-html-report/pom.xml
index 4e5b1c7e6..9f49b7462 100644
--- a/pitest-html-report/pom.xml
+++ b/pitest-html-report/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>pitest-parent</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.pitest</groupId>
-		<version>1.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.1.8</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>pitest-html-report</artifactId>
 	<name>pitest-html-report</name>
diff --git a/pitest-maven-verification/pom.xml b/pitest-maven-verification/pom.xml
index 663c3ecc0..75e726723 100644
--- a/pitest-maven-verification/pom.xml
+++ b/pitest-maven-verification/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>pitest-parent</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.pitest</groupId>
-		<version>1.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.1.8</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>pitest-maven-verification</artifactId>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/pitest-maven/pom.xml b/pitest-maven/pom.xml
index 524002076..14cc99107 100644
--- a/pitest-maven/pom.xml
+++ b/pitest-maven/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>pitest-parent</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.pitest</groupId>
-		<version>1.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.1.8</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>pitest-maven</artifactId>
 	<packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
diff --git a/pitest/pom.xml b/pitest/pom.xml
index d7f6cc542..2b14e9519 100644
--- a/pitest/pom.xml
+++ b/pitest/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>pitest-parent</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.pitest</groupId>
-		<version>1.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.1.8</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>pitest</artifactId>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 94c1914e5..6505b2a46 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<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">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>org.pitest</groupId>
 	<organization>
@@ -8,7 +7,7 @@
 	</organization>
 	<artifactId>pitest-parent</artifactId>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
-	<version>1.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.1.8</version>
 	<name>pitest-parent</name>
 	<url>http://pitest.org</url>
 	<description>Mutation testing system for java - parent project</description>
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@
 		<url>https://github.com/hcoles/pitest</url>
 		<connection>scm:git:git@github.com:hcoles/pitest.git</connection>
 		<developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:hcoles/pitest.git</developerConnection>
-		<tag>HEAD</tag>
+		<tag>pitest-parent-1.1.8</tag>
 	</scm>
 
 	<licenses>
@@ -179,7 +178,7 @@
 						<dependency>
 							<groupId>org.pitest</groupId>
 							<artifactId>pitest-build-config</artifactId>
-							<version>1.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+							<version>1.1.8</version>
 						</dependency>
 					</dependencies>
 					<executions>