diff --git a/java/client/pom.xml b/java/client/pom.xml
index 13904b76b57..69d2bf8b121 100644
--- a/java/client/pom.xml
+++ b/java/client/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.vitess</groupId>
     <artifactId>vitess-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>8.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>vitess-client</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/java/example/pom.xml b/java/example/pom.xml
index 47301f29bb0..da0487e8bf0 100644
--- a/java/example/pom.xml
+++ b/java/example/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.vitess</groupId>
     <artifactId>vitess-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>8.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>vitess-example</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/java/grpc-client/pom.xml b/java/grpc-client/pom.xml
index 1bf7ba2ee7f..0984783dd2a 100644
--- a/java/grpc-client/pom.xml
+++ b/java/grpc-client/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.vitess</groupId>
     <artifactId>vitess-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>8.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>vitess-grpc-client</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/java/jdbc/pom.xml b/java/jdbc/pom.xml
index 5fc07fe7e0e..8a8126cdcd2 100644
--- a/java/jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/java/jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.vitess</groupId>
     <artifactId>vitess-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>8.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>vitess-jdbc</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index e762b9ee121..efa45f90885 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
   <groupId>io.vitess</groupId>
   <artifactId>vitess-parent</artifactId>
-  <version>5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>8.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Vitess Java Client libraries [Parent]</name>