diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 469ff4a18..0e1720c41 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.broadinstitute.sting</groupId>
         <artifactId>sting-root</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>public/sting-root</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/protected/gatk-protected/pom.xml b/protected/gatk-protected/pom.xml
index 2cce6a809..c0074b8bc 100644
--- a/protected/gatk-protected/pom.xml
+++ b/protected/gatk-protected/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.broadinstitute.sting</groupId>
         <artifactId>sting-aggregator</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/protected/pom.xml b/protected/pom.xml
index a7fb4863f..4b165d477 100644
--- a/protected/pom.xml
+++ b/protected/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.broadinstitute.sting</groupId>
         <artifactId>sting-root</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../public/sting-root</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/public/external-example/pom.xml b/public/external-example/pom.xml
index 16d7f6d6f..0f5e3934e 100644
--- a/public/external-example/pom.xml
+++ b/public/external-example/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <name>external-example</name>
 
     <properties>
-        <sting.version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</sting.version>
+        <sting.version>2.8-SNAPSHOT</sting.version>
         <!--
         sting.basedir property must point to your checkout of Sting/GATK until we can get all the
         dependencies out of the committed sting repo and into central.
diff --git a/public/gatk-framework/pom.xml b/public/gatk-framework/pom.xml
index 5d0f3de5a..bf46e8951 100644
--- a/public/gatk-framework/pom.xml
+++ b/public/gatk-framework/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.broadinstitute.sting</groupId>
         <artifactId>sting-aggregator</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/public/gatk-package/pom.xml b/public/gatk-package/pom.xml
index 4f5a70268..48c6168d3 100644
--- a/public/gatk-package/pom.xml
+++ b/public/gatk-package/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.broadinstitute.sting</groupId>
         <artifactId>sting-aggregator</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/public/gatk-queue-extgen/pom.xml b/public/gatk-queue-extgen/pom.xml
index 9aba4f1a4..532515ff8 100644
--- a/public/gatk-queue-extgen/pom.xml
+++ b/public/gatk-queue-extgen/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.broadinstitute.sting</groupId>
         <artifactId>sting-aggregator</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/public/gsalib/pom.xml b/public/gsalib/pom.xml
index a51a985f1..c751bc0f0 100644
--- a/public/gsalib/pom.xml
+++ b/public/gsalib/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.broadinstitute.sting</groupId>
         <artifactId>sting-aggregator</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/public/package-tests/pom.xml b/public/package-tests/pom.xml
index 56804dbd1..5e3269d0f 100644
--- a/public/package-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/public/package-tests/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.broadinstitute.sting</groupId>
         <artifactId>sting-root</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../sting-root</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/public/pom.xml b/public/pom.xml
index e3173c35b..5e3ae00a6 100644
--- a/public/pom.xml
+++ b/public/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.broadinstitute.sting</groupId>
         <artifactId>sting-root</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>sting-root</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/public/queue-framework/pom.xml b/public/queue-framework/pom.xml
index b65359c30..7146e9694 100644
--- a/public/queue-framework/pom.xml
+++ b/public/queue-framework/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.broadinstitute.sting</groupId>
         <artifactId>sting-aggregator</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/public/queue-package/pom.xml b/public/queue-package/pom.xml
index 1a8bf8b0f..3bd9f262e 100644
--- a/public/queue-package/pom.xml
+++ b/public/queue-package/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.broadinstitute.sting</groupId>
         <artifactId>sting-aggregator</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/public/sting-root/pom.xml b/public/sting-root/pom.xml
index 83e9b21aa..080ed05c4 100644
--- a/public/sting-root/pom.xml
+++ b/public/sting-root/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.broadinstitute.sting</groupId>
     <artifactId>sting-root</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>Sting Root</name>
 
diff --git a/public/sting-utils/pom.xml b/public/sting-utils/pom.xml
index 54734efac..043be645f 100644
--- a/public/sting-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/public/sting-utils/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.broadinstitute.sting</groupId>
         <artifactId>sting-aggregator</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>