diff --git a/providers/bmv2/pom.xml b/providers/bmv2/pom.xml
index ff8fe7d..096be69 100644
--- a/providers/bmv2/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/bmv2/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>onos-providers</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
-        <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.8.0-rc1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>