diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 133c429..4923d41 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.cloudbees</groupId>
   <artifactId>extensibility</artifactId>
-  <version>${revision}${changelist}</version>
+  <version>1.8</version>
   <name>CloudBees Extensibility Mechanism</name>
   <description>Base layer for extensibility</description>
   <url>https://github.com/jenkinsci/${project.artifactId}-api</url>
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   <scm>
     <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/${gitHubRepo}.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:${gitHubRepo}.git</developerConnection>
-    <tag>${scmTag}</tag>
+    <tag>extensibility-1.8</tag>
     <url>https://github.com/${gitHubRepo}</url>
   </scm>