diff --git a/blueprints/k8s-sonhms.yaml b/blueprints/k8s-sonhms.yaml
index 795000e..c707ac1 100644
--- a/blueprints/k8s-sonhms.yaml
+++ b/blueprints/k8s-sonhms.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   tag_version:
     type: string
     description: docker image name and version
-    default: "nexus3.onap.org:10001/onap/org.onap.dcaegen2.services.son-handler:2.1.1"
+    default: "nexus3.onap.org:10001/onap/org.onap.dcaegen2.services.son-handler:2.1.2"
   pgaas_cluster_name:
     type: string
     description: pg cluster
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5460f55..c66a745 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   <groupId>org.onap.dcaegen2.deployments</groupId>
   <artifactId>k8s-bootstrap-container</artifactId>
   <name>dcaegen2-deployments-k8s-bootstrap-container</name>
-  <version>2.1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index d1ba756..8ac80b7 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 major=2
 minor=1
-patch=7
+patch=8
 base_version=${major}.${minor}.${patch}
 release_version=${base_version}
 snapshot_version=${base_version}-SNAPSHOT