diff --git a/incubator/rpc/pom.xml b/incubator/rpc/pom.xml
index a1e8681..2d39f0b 100644
--- a/incubator/rpc/pom.xml
+++ b/incubator/rpc/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>onos-incubator</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
-        <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.8.0-rc1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>onos-incubator-rpc</artifactId>