diff --git a/memory/pom.xml b/memory/pom.xml
index 6623e8211..119b9c984 100644
--- a/memory/pom.xml
+++ b/memory/pom.xml
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
      Licensed under the terms of the Apache License 2.0.
      See LICENSE file at the project root for terms. -->
 
-<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>
     <artifactId>memory</artifactId>
     <name>${project.parent.groupId}:${project.artifactId}</name>
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.yahoo.datasketches</groupId>
         <artifactId>sketches</artifactId>
-        <version>0.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.8.0</version>
     </parent>
     
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 11c2ed17d..99816d180 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,13 +3,12 @@
      Licensed under the terms of the Apache License 2.0.
      See LICENSE file at the project root for terms. -->
 
-<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>com.yahoo.datasketches</groupId>
     <artifactId>sketches</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <!-- Project Information -->
@@ -116,7 +115,7 @@
         <connection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/DataSketches/sketches-core.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/DataSketches/sketches-core.git</developerConnection>
         <url>https://github.com/DataSketches/sketches-core.git</url>
-        <tag>HEAD</tag>
+        <tag>sketches-0.8.0</tag>
     </scm>
 
     <prerequisites>
diff --git a/sketches/pom.xml b/sketches/pom.xml
index 84827c846..901e666f7 100644
--- a/sketches/pom.xml
+++ b/sketches/pom.xml
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
      Licensed under the terms of the Apache License 2.0.
      See LICENSE file at the project root for terms. -->
 
-<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>
     <artifactId>sketches-core</artifactId>
     <name>${project.parent.groupId}:${project.artifactId}</name>
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.yahoo.datasketches</groupId>
         <artifactId>sketches</artifactId>
-        <version>0.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.8.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>