diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 83f5105..45dc13e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     <groupId>org.onap.sdc.sdc-be-common</groupId>
     <artifactId>sdc-be-common-parent</artifactId>
     <name>sdc-be-common</name>
-    <version>1.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/security-util-lib/pom.xml b/security-util-lib/pom.xml
index 05ce990..df0094f 100644
--- a/security-util-lib/pom.xml
+++ b/security-util-lib/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onap.sdc.sdc-be-common</groupId>
         <artifactId>sdc-be-common-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/session-lib/pom.xml b/session-lib/pom.xml
index dd73299..2fce716 100644
--- a/session-lib/pom.xml
+++ b/session-lib/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onap.sdc.sdc-be-common</groupId>
         <artifactId>sdc-be-common-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
 
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index 3368be0..e9cc5ea 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 # change:
 #
 major=1
-minor=7
-patch=1
+minor=8
+patch=0
 
 base_version=${major}.${minor}.${patch}
 
diff --git a/versioning-lib/pom.xml b/versioning-lib/pom.xml
index 7d5a1e6..5827b9f 100644
--- a/versioning-lib/pom.xml
+++ b/versioning-lib/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onap.sdc.sdc-be-common</groupId>
         <artifactId>sdc-be-common-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/zusammen-lib/pom.xml b/zusammen-lib/pom.xml
index 2fc4b18..acd75ef 100644
--- a/zusammen-lib/pom.xml
+++ b/zusammen-lib/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.onap.sdc.sdc-be-common</groupId>
     <artifactId>sdc-be-common-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>