diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 11bf8a4..674c827 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <groupId>com.bol.logstash.log4j</groupId>
   <artifactId>jsonevent-layout</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>1.7.1</version>
+  <version>1.8</version>
   <name>jsonevent-layout</name>
   <description>Log4j pattern layout that conforms to the logstash json_event format</description>
   <url>http://logstash.net</url>