diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f74e094..f12ee61 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 
-## [v1.8.0-SNAPSHOT] - 2022-05-05
+## [v1.8.0] - 2022-05-05
 
  - fixed some notification methods
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3fb8065..c8c200c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>org.gcube.applicationsupportlayer</groupId>
 	<artifactId>aslsocial</artifactId>
-	<version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.8.0</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>Social Portal ASL Extension</name>
 	<description>