diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 37c471fe20..75570a7427 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ project(ORC C CXX)
 # Version number of package
 SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR "1")
 SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR "7")
-SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH "8-SNAPSHOT")
+SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH "8")
 SET(ORC_VERSION "${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR}.${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR}.${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH}")
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake_modules")
 
diff --git a/java/bench/core/pom.xml b/java/bench/core/pom.xml
index 1f55251b28..1fc4e742c3 100644
--- a/java/bench/core/pom.xml
+++ b/java/bench/core/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
     <artifactId>orc-benchmarks</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.8</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/bench/hive/pom.xml b/java/bench/hive/pom.xml
index 6a6ac005bd..f385f81901 100644
--- a/java/bench/hive/pom.xml
+++ b/java/bench/hive/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
     <artifactId>orc-benchmarks</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.8</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/bench/pom.xml b/java/bench/pom.xml
index e53a407b1d..a660422103 100644
--- a/java/bench/pom.xml
+++ b/java/bench/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
     <artifactId>orc</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.8</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/bench/spark/pom.xml b/java/bench/spark/pom.xml
index baa95f492f..7dbd49a82d 100644
--- a/java/bench/spark/pom.xml
+++ b/java/bench/spark/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
     <artifactId>orc-benchmarks</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.8</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/core/pom.xml b/java/core/pom.xml
index 049920a511..fd10ae97db 100644
--- a/java/core/pom.xml
+++ b/java/core/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
     <artifactId>orc</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.8</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/examples/pom.xml b/java/examples/pom.xml
index 0eb814d3b8..a41b45b752 100644
--- a/java/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/java/examples/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
     <artifactId>orc</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.8</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/mapreduce/pom.xml b/java/mapreduce/pom.xml
index a68ce864e0..1e0d8e70bb 100644
--- a/java/mapreduce/pom.xml
+++ b/java/mapreduce/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
     <artifactId>orc</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.8</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index c92b74e14e..16ae6897f7 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
   <artifactId>orc</artifactId>
-  <version>1.7.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.7.8</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Apache ORC</name>
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
         <artifactId>orc-shims</artifactId>
-        <version>1.7.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.7.8</version>
         <exclusions>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
@@ -645,17 +645,17 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
         <artifactId>orc-core</artifactId>
-        <version>1.7.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.7.8</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
         <artifactId>orc-mapreduce</artifactId>
-        <version>1.7.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.7.8</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
         <artifactId>orc-tools</artifactId>
-        <version>1.7.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.7.8</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- inter-project depedencies -->
diff --git a/java/shims/pom.xml b/java/shims/pom.xml
index 0e05c18d4f..428f87525e 100644
--- a/java/shims/pom.xml
+++ b/java/shims/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
     <artifactId>orc</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.8</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/tools/pom.xml b/java/tools/pom.xml
index 977049fa3e..9472a1eb09 100644
--- a/java/tools/pom.xml
+++ b/java/tools/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
     <artifactId>orc</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.8</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>