diff --git a/lemminx-maven/pom.xml b/lemminx-maven/pom.xml
index 9c1660d4..6b94f078 100644
--- a/lemminx-maven/pom.xml
+++ b/lemminx-maven/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<artifactId>lemminx-maven</artifactId>
   <!-- Versioning rule: Go for +0.0.1 on each release, unless using a new version of 
        lemminx which is not backward compatible, in such case, go for +0.1.0 -->
-	<version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>0.8.0</version>
 
 	<licenses>
 		<license>