diff --git a/apps/kafka-integration/api/pom.xml b/apps/kafka-integration/api/pom.xml
index bacccc6..79fb17c 100644
--- a/apps/kafka-integration/api/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/kafka-integration/api/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>onos-kafka</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
-        <version>1.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>onos-app-kafka-api</artifactId>