diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c5fdee230..07325b77d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 and run it with:
 
 ```
-java -jar /path/to/google-java-format-1.7-all-deps.jar <options> [files...]
+java -jar /path/to/google-java-format-1.8-all-deps.jar <options> [files...]
 ```
 
 The formatter can act on whole files, on limited lines (`--lines`), on specific
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ configuration.
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.google.googlejavaformat</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-java-format</artifactId>
-  <version>1.7</version>
+  <version>1.8</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ configuration.
 
 ```groovy
 dependencies {
-  compile 'com.google.googlejavaformat:google-java-format:1.7'
+  compile 'com.google.googlejavaformat:google-java-format:1.8'
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 88b3cf910..8e394756c 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.googlejavaformat</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-java-format-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>google-java-format</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2ece22d5e..f0776d3d7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.googlejavaformat</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-java-format-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <modules>
     <module>core</module>