diff --git a/CHANGES_NEXT_RELEASE b/CHANGES_NEXT_RELEASE
index 85b7978..8b13789 100644
--- a/CHANGES_NEXT_RELEASE
+++ b/CHANGES_NEXT_RELEASE
@@ -1 +1 @@
-- Upgrade to use Esper 8.4 from Exper 7.X (#136)
+
diff --git a/perseo-main/pom.xml b/perseo-main/pom.xml
index ae55bf6..0221e9c 100644
--- a/perseo-main/pom.xml
+++ b/perseo-main/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>perseo-core</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.telefonica.iot</groupId>
-        <version>1.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.8.0</version>
     </parent>
     <packaging>war</packaging>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <artifactId>perseo-utils</artifactId>
             <groupId>com.telefonica.iot</groupId>
-            <version>1.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>1.8.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.json</groupId>
diff --git a/perseo-utils/pom.xml b/perseo-utils/pom.xml
index 73852d8..7c3f422 100644
--- a/perseo-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/perseo-utils/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>perseo-core</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.telefonica.iot</groupId>
-        <version>1.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.8.0</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5610337..deb1ffe 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.telefonica.iot</groupId>
     <artifactId>perseo-core</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.0</version>
     <modules>
         <module>perseo-utils</module>
         <module>perseo-main</module>
diff --git a/rpm/SPECS/cep-core.spec b/rpm/SPECS/cep-core.spec
index 12ff165..e7db97a 100644
--- a/rpm/SPECS/cep-core.spec
+++ b/rpm/SPECS/cep-core.spec
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_install_dir}/perseo-core.war
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Sep 30 2021 Alvaro Vega <alvaro.vegagarcia@telefonica.com> 1.8.0
+- Upgrade to use Esper 8.4 from Exper 7.X (#136)
+
 * Wed Jul 14 2021 Alvaro Vega <alvaro.vegagarcia@telefonica.com> 1.7.0
 - Logging. Update for force to use only console instead of file
 - Logging: Update entrypoint to create a symlink from the logfile to stdout, and remove tail execution to stream logfile.
diff --git a/rpm/create-rpm.sh b/rpm/create-rpm.sh
index d196955..e03eb24 100755
--- a/rpm/create-rpm.sh
+++ b/rpm/create-rpm.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 CEP_VERSION=$2
 if [ -z "$CEP_VERSION" ]; then
-  CEP_VERSION=1.7.0-SNAPSHOT
+  CEP_VERSION=1.8.0
 fi
 CEP_RELEASE=$1
 if [ -z "$CEP_RELEASE" ]; then