<parent>
         <groupId>org.onap.vid</groupId>
         <artifactId>vid-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>8.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
 VID Release Notes
 =================
 
+Version: Honolulu (8.0.x)
+------------------------
+
+:In a nutshell...:
+
+The following areas have received improvements in Honolulu Release
+
+   * VID development (back-end for SO BB).
+     In R6/R7 SO BB were implemented for more streamlined processing of W/F. BPMN to BB. Completed in R7.
+     Modern UI for PNFs in VID was not rendering the models (empty UI). This is now built.
+     Introduced VNF GUI to fit the SO BB work using SO API from R7.
+
+     More details at: https://jira.onap.org/browse/REQ-430
+
+   * Place-Geolocation Development for PnP completed in VID:
+     Please see for more details  https://wiki.onap.org/display/DW/Proposed+Location+Model
+
+*Security Issues*
+
+This section is empty.
+
+*Bug fixes*
+
+This section is empty.
+
+**Known Issues**
+
+This section is empty.
+
+**Resolved Issues**
+       https://jira.onap.org/browse/VID-890
+       https://jira.onap.org/browse/VID-902
+       https://jira.onap.org/browse/VID-917
+       https://jira.onap.org/browse/VID-922
+       https://jira.onap.org/browse/VID-694
+       https://jira.onap.org/browse/VID-921
+       https://jira.onap.org/browse/VID-924
+       https://jira.onap.org/browse/VID-925
+       https://jira.onap.org/browse/VID-695
+       https://jira.onap.org/browse/VID-927
+       https://jira.onap.org/browse/VID-928
+       https://jira.onap.org/browse/VID-903
+       https://jira.onap.org/browse/VID-943
+       https://jira.onap.org/browse/VID-944
+       https://jira.onap.org/browse/VID-945
+
+**Security Notes**
+
+*Fixed Security Issues*
+
+This section is empty.
+
+*Known Security Issues*
+
+This section is empty.
+
+
 Version: Guilin (7.0.x)
 ------------------------
 
 
         the Portal team. -->
     <groupId>org.onap.vid</groupId>
     <artifactId>epsdk-app-onap</artifactId>
-    <version>7.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>8.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>war</packaging>
     <name>ECOMP SDK Webapp for OpenSource</name>
     <description>ECOMP SDK Web Application for public release</description>
 
 # Note that these variables cannot be structured (e.g. : version.release or version.snapshot etc... )
 # because they are used in Jenkins, whose plug-in doesn't support
 
-major=7
+major=8
 minor=0
-patch=2
+patch=0
 
 base_version=${major}.${minor}.${patch}
 
 
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.onap.vid</groupId>
     <artifactId>vid-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>7.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>8.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>vid</name>
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-        <build.version>7.0.2-SNAPSHOT</build.version>
+        <build.version>8.0.0-SNAPSHOT</build.version>
         <nexusproxy>https://nexus.onap.org</nexusproxy>
         <snapshotNexusPath>content/repositories/snapshots/</snapshotNexusPath>
         <releaseNexusPath>content/repositories/releases/</releaseNexusPath>
 
 # Note that these variables cannot be structured (e.g. : version.release or version.snapshot etc... )
 # because they are used in Jenkins, whose plug-in doesn't support
 
-major=7
+major=8
 minor=0
-patch=2
+patch=0
 
 base_version=${major}.${minor}.${patch}
 
 
         inherit from a parent maven module. -->
     <groupId>org.onap.vid</groupId>
     <artifactId>vid-app-common</artifactId>
-    <version>7.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>8.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>war</packaging>
     <name>VID Common</name>
     <description>VID Common code for opensource version</description>
 
       inherit from a parent maven module. -->
   <groupId>org.onap.vid</groupId>
   <artifactId>vid-webpack-master</artifactId>
-  <version>7.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>8.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>war</packaging>
   <name>VID UI</name>
   <description>VID UI</description>