diff --git a/changelog/project.xml b/changelog/project.xml
index 3f95592e..1b9a9c62 100644
--- a/changelog/project.xml
+++ b/changelog/project.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <pomVersion>3</pomVersion>
   <id>maven-changelog-plugin</id>
   <name>Maven Changelog Plugin</name>
-  <currentVersion>1.8-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
+  <currentVersion>1.8</currentVersion>
   <shortDescription>Produce SCM changelog reports.</shortDescription>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/changelog/</url>
   <issueTrackingUrl>http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MPCHANGELOG</issueTrackingUrl>
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@
       <name>1.7.2</name>
       <tag>changelog-1.7.2</tag>
     </version>
+    <version>
+      <id>1.8</id>
+      <name>1.8</name>
+      <tag>maven-changelog-plugin-1.8</tag>
+    </version>
   </versions>
   <contributors>
     <contributor>
@@ -168,19 +173,21 @@
       <version>1.3</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- Required because of the EnhancedStringTokenizer class -->
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
       <version>1.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- Required because of the Developer class -->
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-model</artifactId>
       <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
-
     <!-- Required to build under for JDK 1.3 because we fork junit -->
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>xerces</groupId>
       <artifactId>xerces</artifactId>