diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigquery/pom.xml
index 73383afce15f..409ad6faf989 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquery/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.1-alpha</version>
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-bigquery</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/google-cloud-compute/pom.xml b/google-cloud-compute/pom.xml
index a9203ad718ac..b1851df41b92 100644
--- a/google-cloud-compute/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-compute/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.1-alpha</version>
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-compute</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/google-cloud-contrib/google-cloud-nio-examples/pom.xml b/google-cloud-contrib/google-cloud-nio-examples/pom.xml
index 2b07df873af8..f5c7fef93cbc 100644
--- a/google-cloud-contrib/google-cloud-nio-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-contrib/google-cloud-nio-examples/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-contrib</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.1-alpha</version>
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-nio-examples</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/google-cloud-contrib/google-cloud-nio/pom.xml b/google-cloud-contrib/google-cloud-nio/pom.xml
index 0646be3fe3da..8b475667adcd 100644
--- a/google-cloud-contrib/google-cloud-nio/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-contrib/google-cloud-nio/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-contrib</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.1-alpha</version>
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-nio</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/google-cloud-contrib/pom.xml b/google-cloud-contrib/pom.xml
index 81f42e03b96d..3a1b299879ef 100644
--- a/google-cloud-contrib/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-contrib/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.1-alpha</version>
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-contrib</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/google-cloud-core/pom.xml b/google-cloud-core/pom.xml
index 613c7f1e98d5..c0bfd8d15eb8 100644
--- a/google-cloud-core/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-core/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.1-alpha</version>
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-core</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/google-cloud-datastore/pom.xml b/google-cloud-datastore/pom.xml
index 100ad5edcfd9..dece795ce8a0 100644
--- a/google-cloud-datastore/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-datastore/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.1-alpha</version>
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-datastore</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/google-cloud-dns/pom.xml b/google-cloud-dns/pom.xml
index a53283c9f453..207b4f8e57ff 100644
--- a/google-cloud-dns/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-dns/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.1-alpha</version>
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-dns</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/google-cloud-errorreporting/pom.xml b/google-cloud-errorreporting/pom.xml
index 49cda878a49e..480ec1beb953 100644
--- a/google-cloud-errorreporting/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-errorreporting/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.1-alpha</version>
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-errorreporting</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/google-cloud-examples/pom.xml b/google-cloud-examples/pom.xml
index ffbb5f46df5f..72f4f4bb975b 100644
--- a/google-cloud-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-examples/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.1-alpha</version>
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-examples</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/google-cloud-language/pom.xml b/google-cloud-language/pom.xml
index db3b8fb82678..f14929eaf9cf 100644
--- a/google-cloud-language/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-language/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.1-alpha</version>
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-language</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/google-cloud-logging/pom.xml b/google-cloud-logging/pom.xml
index 5ea3038055b1..81f381e1fad9 100644
--- a/google-cloud-logging/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-logging/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.1-alpha</version>
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-logging</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/google-cloud-monitoring/pom.xml b/google-cloud-monitoring/pom.xml
index ff4c86b3f52d..9ffaf9607666 100644
--- a/google-cloud-monitoring/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-monitoring/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.1-alpha</version>
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-monitoring</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/google-cloud-pubsub/pom.xml b/google-cloud-pubsub/pom.xml
index e780732e4b2c..7e62030864c4 100644
--- a/google-cloud-pubsub/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-pubsub/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.1-alpha</version>
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-pubsub</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/google-cloud-resourcemanager/pom.xml b/google-cloud-resourcemanager/pom.xml
index cc0da8a2cb30..17b7c544d58f 100644
--- a/google-cloud-resourcemanager/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-resourcemanager/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.1-alpha</version>
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-resourcemanager</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/google-cloud-speech/pom.xml b/google-cloud-speech/pom.xml
index 3e48afaad48e..1788fd4c58ab 100644
--- a/google-cloud-speech/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-speech/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.1-alpha</version>
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-speech</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/google-cloud-storage/pom.xml b/google-cloud-storage/pom.xml
index 1b7c8e86be6b..337a2d5eb044 100644
--- a/google-cloud-storage/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-storage/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.1-alpha</version>
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-storage</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/google-cloud-trace/pom.xml b/google-cloud-trace/pom.xml
index 7a0869402104..591295d760bc 100644
--- a/google-cloud-trace/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-trace/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.1-alpha</version>
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-trace</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/google-cloud-translate/pom.xml b/google-cloud-translate/pom.xml
index 8d645b08643e..aed59fc11a2c 100644
--- a/google-cloud-translate/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-translate/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.1-alpha</version>
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-translate</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/google-cloud-vision/pom.xml b/google-cloud-vision/pom.xml
index 3b674429969e..e9349fc64c45 100644
--- a/google-cloud-vision/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-vision/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.1-alpha</version>
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-vision</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/google-cloud/pom.xml b/google-cloud/pom.xml
index a162e2e61f7f..f3d263910d0d 100644
--- a/google-cloud/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.1-alpha</version>
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1eeb70f31789..92e7330fe555 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-pom</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.1-alpha</version>
   <name>Google Cloud</name>
   <url>https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-cloud-java</url>
   <description>
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@
     <github.global.server>github</github.global.server>
     <google.auth.version>0.6.0</google.auth.version>
     <grpc.version>1.0.3</grpc.version>
-    <core.version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</core.version>
-    <beta.version>0.8.1-beta-SNAPSHOT</beta.version>
+    <core.version>0.8.1-alpha</core.version>
+    <beta.version>0.8.1-beta</beta.version>
     <storage.version>${beta.version}</storage.version>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud</site.installationModule>
   </properties>