diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2def0ea3b..7c98ff55a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <groupId>org.codehaus.gmavenplus</groupId>
   <artifactId>gmavenplus-plugin</artifactId>
   <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
-  <version>1.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>