diff --git a/android/pom.xml b/android/pom.xml
index 03ab262a9e5..510ecd1ec6e 100644
--- a/android/pom.xml
+++ b/android/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.dagger</groupId>
     <artifactId>dagger-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>HEAD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>dagger-android</artifactId>
diff --git a/compiler/pom.xml b/compiler/pom.xml
index c420563aaf1..89bf8cbf876 100644
--- a/compiler/pom.xml
+++ b/compiler/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.dagger</groupId>
     <artifactId>dagger-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>HEAD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>dagger-compiler</artifactId>
diff --git a/compiler/src/it/functional-tests/pom.xml b/compiler/src/it/functional-tests/pom.xml
index 6845c595163..a31ae28f8df 100644
--- a/compiler/src/it/functional-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/compiler/src/it/functional-tests/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ limitations under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.dagger</groupId>
     <artifactId>dagger-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>HEAD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.8</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>dagger.tests</groupId>
   <artifactId>functional-tests</artifactId>
diff --git a/compiler/src/it/guava-functional-tests/pom.xml b/compiler/src/it/guava-functional-tests/pom.xml
index d8f1a65f23f..8dd4d571f69 100644
--- a/compiler/src/it/guava-functional-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/compiler/src/it/guava-functional-tests/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ limitations under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.dagger</groupId>
     <artifactId>dagger-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>HEAD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.8</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>dagger.tests</groupId>
   <artifactId>guava-functional-tests</artifactId>
diff --git a/compiler/src/it/producers-functional-tests/pom.xml b/compiler/src/it/producers-functional-tests/pom.xml
index 3006318b26a..3e8e418eddd 100644
--- a/compiler/src/it/producers-functional-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/compiler/src/it/producers-functional-tests/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ limitations under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.dagger</groupId>
     <artifactId>dagger-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>HEAD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.8</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>dagger.tests</groupId>
   <artifactId>producers-functional-tests</artifactId>
diff --git a/compiler/src/it/tck/pom.xml b/compiler/src/it/tck/pom.xml
index fb897901388..a3c89cd4738 100644
--- a/compiler/src/it/tck/pom.xml
+++ b/compiler/src/it/tck/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ limitations under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.dagger</groupId>
     <artifactId>dagger-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>HEAD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.8</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>dagger.tests</groupId>
   <artifactId>tck</artifactId>
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 96967f7c8d8..a665d1297c1 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.dagger</groupId>
     <artifactId>dagger-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>HEAD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>dagger</artifactId>
diff --git a/examples/android-activity-graphs/pom.xml b/examples/android-activity-graphs/pom.xml
index 1843eacb3ea..3c8a64f1a4d 100644
--- a/examples/android-activity-graphs/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/android-activity-graphs/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.dagger.example</groupId>
     <artifactId>dagger-example-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>HEAD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>android-activity-graphs</artifactId>
diff --git a/examples/android-simple/pom.xml b/examples/android-simple/pom.xml
index d0dee3b1510..c99e710a46b 100644
--- a/examples/android-simple/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/android-simple/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.dagger.example</groupId>
     <artifactId>dagger-example-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>HEAD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>android-simple</artifactId>
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 95406ea8f57..59d683e02de 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.dagger</groupId>
     <artifactId>dagger-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>HEAD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>com.google.dagger.example</groupId>
diff --git a/examples/simple/pom.xml b/examples/simple/pom.xml
index c261d4df14c..af75ff2e32d 100644
--- a/examples/simple/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/simple/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.dagger.example</groupId>
     <artifactId>dagger-example-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>HEAD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>simple</artifactId>
diff --git a/gwt/pom.xml b/gwt/pom.xml
index 1f1f0e04fb8..e1ec8b0362a 100644
--- a/gwt/pom.xml
+++ b/gwt/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.dagger</groupId>
     <artifactId>dagger-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>HEAD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>dagger-gwt</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b3d76d3a348..bf781d8512f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.dagger</groupId>
   <artifactId>dagger-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>HEAD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.8</version>
   <name>Dagger (Parent)</name>
   <description>A fast dependency injector for Android and Java.</description>
   <url>https://github.com/square/dagger</url>
diff --git a/producers/pom.xml b/producers/pom.xml
index 820c45aa5f4..8557524d6da 100644
--- a/producers/pom.xml
+++ b/producers/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.dagger</groupId>
     <artifactId>dagger-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>HEAD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>dagger-producers</artifactId>