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     <name>Smooks OSGi Root</name>
diff --git a/osgi/service-tracker/pom.xml b/osgi/service-tracker/pom.xml
index 056e328f..9d9f64a0 100644
--- a/osgi/service-tracker/pom.xml
+++ b/osgi/service-tracker/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.smooks.examples</groupId>
         <artifactId>smooks-examples-osgi</artifactId>
-        <version>7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>Service-tracker</name>
diff --git a/pipelines/pom.xml b/pipelines/pom.xml
index 279c344c..4101ccbc 100644
--- a/pipelines/pom.xml
+++ b/pipelines/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.smooks.examples</groupId>
         <artifactId>smooks-examples</artifactId>
-        <version>7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>Pipelines</name>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a56bc729..ba57b5d8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.smooks.examples</groupId>
     <artifactId>smooks-examples</artifactId>
-    <version>7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/profiling/pom.xml b/profiling/pom.xml
index 26c94e72..5a13cd83 100644
--- a/profiling/pom.xml
+++ b/profiling/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.smooks.examples</groupId>
         <artifactId>smooks-examples</artifactId>
-        <version>7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>Profiling</name>
diff --git a/sj-testimonial/pom.xml b/sj-testimonial/pom.xml
index 4540712e..df0ddf9f 100644
--- a/sj-testimonial/pom.xml
+++ b/sj-testimonial/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.smooks.examples</groupId>
         <artifactId>smooks-examples</artifactId>
-        <version>7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>Smooks Testimonials :: SJ Rollingstock</name>
diff --git a/validation-basic/pom.xml b/validation-basic/pom.xml
index 4ecc9190..e4570c9c 100644
--- a/validation-basic/pom.xml
+++ b/validation-basic/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.smooks.examples</groupId>
         <artifactId>smooks-examples</artifactId>
-        <version>7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>validation-basic</name>
diff --git a/xml-read-write-transform/pom.xml b/xml-read-write-transform/pom.xml
index 6327a26f..e01d5443 100644
--- a/xml-read-write-transform/pom.xml
+++ b/xml-read-write-transform/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.smooks.examples</groupId>
         <artifactId>smooks-examples</artifactId>
-        <version>7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>XML Read/Write Transform</name>
diff --git a/xml-read-write/pom.xml b/xml-read-write/pom.xml
index df02db69..52366915 100644
--- a/xml-read-write/pom.xml
+++ b/xml-read-write/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.smooks.examples</groupId>
         <artifactId>smooks-examples</artifactId>
-        <version>7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>XML Read/Write</name>
diff --git a/xml-to-edi/pom.xml b/xml-to-edi/pom.xml
index 58ceda47..b5ce1e24 100644
--- a/xml-to-edi/pom.xml
+++ b/xml-to-edi/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.smooks.examples</groupId>
         <artifactId>smooks-examples</artifactId>
-        <version>7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>XML-to-EDI</name>
diff --git a/xml-to-java-virtual/pom.xml b/xml-to-java-virtual/pom.xml
index 6b92789d..5f724e6c 100644
--- a/xml-to-java-virtual/pom.xml
+++ b/xml-to-java-virtual/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.smooks.examples</groupId>
         <artifactId>smooks-examples</artifactId>
-        <version>7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>XML-to-Java-Virtual</name>
diff --git a/xml-to-java/pom.xml b/xml-to-java/pom.xml
index 1b025583..849f688d 100644
--- a/xml-to-java/pom.xml
+++ b/xml-to-java/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.smooks.examples</groupId>
         <artifactId>smooks-examples</artifactId>
-        <version>7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>XML-to-Java</name>
diff --git a/xslt-basic/pom.xml b/xslt-basic/pom.xml
index a6044d69..5a6e9319 100644
--- a/xslt-basic/pom.xml
+++ b/xslt-basic/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.smooks.examples</groupId>
         <artifactId>smooks-examples</artifactId>
-        <version>7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>XSLT-Basic</name>
diff --git a/xslt-groovy/pom.xml b/xslt-groovy/pom.xml
index 450864c4..ce2f7142 100644
--- a/xslt-groovy/pom.xml
+++ b/xslt-groovy/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.smooks.examples</groupId>
         <artifactId>smooks-examples</artifactId>
-        <version>7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>XSLT-Groovy</name>
diff --git a/xslt-namespaces/pom.xml b/xslt-namespaces/pom.xml
index 04db1c13..b3bcd22e 100644
--- a/xslt-namespaces/pom.xml
+++ b/xslt-namespaces/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.smooks.examples</groupId>
         <artifactId>smooks-examples</artifactId>
-        <version>7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>XSLT-namespaces</name>
diff --git a/yaml-to-java/pom.xml b/yaml-to-java/pom.xml
index 249beeb2..e9f8c330 100644
--- a/yaml-to-java/pom.xml
+++ b/yaml-to-java/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.smooks.examples</groupId>
         <artifactId>smooks-examples</artifactId>
-        <version>7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>YAML-to-Java</name>