diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 78d79a8..9fdd541 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
   <artifactId>sdc-main</artifactId>
-  <version>1.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>sdc</name>