diff --git a/maven/pom.xml b/maven/pom.xml
index af32bf1650..29b857d501 100644
--- a/maven/pom.xml
+++ b/maven/pom.xml
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
     <artifactId>scm</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7</version>
+    <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm.maven</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-maven-plugins</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>1.7</version>
+  <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>scm-maven-plugins</name>
 
   <modules>
diff --git a/maven/scm-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/maven/scm-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 310d317288..e77725d311 100644
--- a/maven/scm-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven/scm-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>scm-maven-plugins</artifactId>
     <groupId>sonia.scm.maven</groupId>
-    <version>1.7</version>
+    <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   
   <groupId>sonia.scm.maven</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-  <version>1.7</version>
+  <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
   <name>scm-maven-plugin</name>
 
diff --git a/maven/scm-plugin-archetype/pom.xml b/maven/scm-plugin-archetype/pom.xml
index 8c86bba8af..7799d75f7b 100644
--- a/maven/scm-plugin-archetype/pom.xml
+++ b/maven/scm-plugin-archetype/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>scm-maven-plugins</artifactId>
     <groupId>sonia.scm.maven</groupId>
-    <version>1.7</version>
+    <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm.maven</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-plugin-archetype</artifactId>
-  <version>1.7</version>
+  <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>scm-plugin-archetype</name>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 04db7aa809..db833cd93a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>1.7</version>
+  <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <description>
     The easiest way to share your Git, Mercurial
     and Subversion repositories over http.
diff --git a/scm-clients/pom.xml b/scm-clients/pom.xml
index cdcc57792c..160ab11812 100644
--- a/scm-clients/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-clients/pom.xml
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
     <artifactId>scm</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7</version>
+    <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm.clients</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-clients</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>1.7</version>
+  <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>scm-clients</name>
 
   <modules>
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7</version>
+      <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/scm-clients/scm-cli-client/pom.xml b/scm-clients/scm-cli-client/pom.xml
index 8861c67706..c6ce557648 100644
--- a/scm-clients/scm-cli-client/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-clients/scm-cli-client/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>scm-clients</artifactId>
     <groupId>sonia.scm.clients</groupId>
-    <version>1.7</version>
+    <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   
   <groupId>sonia.scm.clients</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-cli-client</artifactId>
-  <version>1.7</version>
+  <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>scm-cli-client</name>
 
   <dependencies>
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <artifactId>scm-core</artifactId>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
-      <version>1.7</version>
+      <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <artifactId>guice</artifactId>
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm.clients</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-client-impl</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7</version>
+      <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
     
     <dependency>
diff --git a/scm-clients/scm-client-api/pom.xml b/scm-clients/scm-client-api/pom.xml
index 0fd24c7e80..40db515959 100644
--- a/scm-clients/scm-client-api/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-clients/scm-client-api/pom.xml
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>sonia.scm.clients</groupId>
     <artifactId>scm-clients</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7</version>
+    <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm.clients</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-client-api</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>1.7</version>
+  <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>scm-client-api</name>
   
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/scm-clients/scm-client-impl/pom.xml b/scm-clients/scm-client-impl/pom.xml
index 6cfd7b5e69..4ec16cb395 100644
--- a/scm-clients/scm-client-impl/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-clients/scm-client-impl/pom.xml
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>sonia.scm.clients</groupId>
     <artifactId>scm-clients</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7</version>
+    <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm.clients</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-client-impl</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>1.7</version>
+  <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>scm-client-impl</name>
   
   <dependencies>
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <artifactId>scm-core</artifactId>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
-      <version>1.7</version>
+      <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <artifactId>aopalliance</artifactId>
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm.clients</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-client-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7</version>
+      <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
     
     <dependency>
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-test</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7</version>
+      <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     
diff --git a/scm-core/pom.xml b/scm-core/pom.xml
index 9259a36c6d..5ad6697295 100644
--- a/scm-core/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-core/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>scm</artifactId>
     <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
-    <version>1.7</version>
+    <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-core</artifactId>
-  <version>1.7</version>
+  <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>scm-core</name>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/scm-plugin-backend/pom.xml b/scm-plugin-backend/pom.xml
index e6bb8ddb74..39273582a4 100644
--- a/scm-plugin-backend/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-plugin-backend/pom.xml
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>scm</artifactId>
     <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
-    <version>1.7</version>
+    <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-plugin-backend</artifactId>
   <packaging>war</packaging>
-  <version>1.7</version>
+  <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>${project.artifactId}</name>
 
   <dependencies>
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7</version>
+      <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/scm-plugins/pom.xml b/scm-plugins/pom.xml
index ad0b7aeab9..a96281b1a0 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
     <artifactId>scm</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7</version>
+    <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-plugins</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>1.7</version>
+  <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>scm-plugins</name>
 
   <modules>
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7</version>
+      <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>sonia.scm.maven</groupId>
         <artifactId>scm-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.7</version>
+        <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <phase>process-resources</phase>
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/pom.xml b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/pom.xml
index fbaae87549..96378ec123 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>scm-plugins</artifactId>
     <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
-    <version>1.7</version>
+    <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-git-plugin</artifactId>
-  <version>1.7</version>
+  <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>scm-git-plugin</name>
   <url>https://bitbucket.org/sdorra/scm-manager</url>
   <description>Plugin for the version control system Git</description>
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-test</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7</version>
+      <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/pom.xml b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/pom.xml
index 2787c2b477..2ad2e84bad 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
     <artifactId>scm-plugins</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7</version>
+    <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-hg-plugin</artifactId>
-  <version>1.7</version>
+  <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>scm-hg-plugin</name>
   <url>https://bitbucket.org/sdorra/scm-manager</url>
   <description>Plugin for the version control system Mercurial</description>
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-test</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7</version>
+      <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/pom.xml b/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/pom.xml
index cb1d57d93e..8085aaf1c2 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>scm-plugins</artifactId>
     <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
-    <version>1.7</version>
+    <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-svn-plugin</artifactId>
-  <version>1.7</version>
+  <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>scm-svn-plugin</name>
   <url>https://bitbucket.org/sdorra/scm-manager</url>
   <description>Plugin for the version control system Subversion</description>
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-test</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7</version>
+      <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/scm-samples/pom.xml b/scm-samples/pom.xml
index 50e24cb4ff..73dbd9c9a8 100644
--- a/scm-samples/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-samples/pom.xml
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
     <artifactId>scm</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7</version>
+    <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm.samples</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-samples</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>1.7</version>
+  <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>scm-samples</name>
 
   <modules>
diff --git a/scm-samples/scm-sample-auth/pom.xml b/scm-samples/scm-sample-auth/pom.xml
index b847b9504e..d2471ad57a 100644
--- a/scm-samples/scm-sample-auth/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-samples/scm-sample-auth/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>scm-samples</artifactId>
     <groupId>sonia.scm.samples</groupId>
-    <version>1.7</version>
+    <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm.sample</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-sample-auth</artifactId>
-  <version>1.7</version>
+  <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>scm-sample-auth</name>
   <description>Sample Authentication Plugin</description>
   <url>https://bitbucket.org/sdorra/scm-manager</url>
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7</version>
+      <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/scm-samples/scm-sample-hello/pom.xml b/scm-samples/scm-sample-hello/pom.xml
index d25361ed44..2bdbdf2ff4 100644
--- a/scm-samples/scm-sample-hello/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-samples/scm-sample-hello/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>scm-samples</artifactId>
     <groupId>sonia.scm.samples</groupId>
-    <version>1.7</version>
+    <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm.sample</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-sample-hello</artifactId>
-  <version>1.7</version>
+  <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>scm-sample-hello</name>
   <description>A simple hello world plugin</description>
   <url>https://bitbucket.org/sdorra/scm-manager</url>
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7</version>
+      <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/scm-server/pom.xml b/scm-server/pom.xml
index 783db62828..9d5913c885 100644
--- a/scm-server/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-server/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>scm</artifactId>
     <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
-    <version>1.7</version>
+    <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-server</artifactId>
-  <version>1.7</version>
+  <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>scm-server</name>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
diff --git a/scm-test/pom.xml b/scm-test/pom.xml
index d942c6b915..110321c851 100644
--- a/scm-test/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-test/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>scm</artifactId>
     <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
-    <version>1.7</version>
+    <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-test</artifactId>
-  <version>1.7</version>
+  <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>scm-test</name>
   
   <dependencies>
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7</version>
+      <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
     
     <dependency>
diff --git a/scm-webapp/pom.xml b/scm-webapp/pom.xml
index 09a7e44111..3a01c63f45 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
     <artifactId>scm</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7</version>
+    <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-webapp</artifactId>
   <packaging>war</packaging>
-  <version>1.7</version>
+  <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>scm-webapp</name>
 
   <dependencies>
@@ -36,25 +36,25 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7</version>
+      <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-hg-plugin</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7</version>
+      <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-svn-plugin</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7</version>
+      <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-git-plugin</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7</version>
+      <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-test</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7</version>
+      <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>