diff --git a/build/RELEASE.md b/build/RELEASE.md
index 52203a5e46..6f0a9a2f39 100644
--- a/build/RELEASE.md
+++ b/build/RELEASE.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ The Eclipse release process is described in more detail in the [Eclipse Project
 1. Update the version numbers on `master`. Tycho can help:
 
     ```
-    mvn org.eclipse.tycho:tycho-versions-plugin:set-version -DnewVersion=NEW_VERSION_NUMBER
+    mvn org.eclipse.tycho:tycho-versions-plugin:set-version -DnewVersion=NEW_VERSION_NUMBER.qualifier
     ```
 
 
diff --git a/build/org.eclipse.elk.repository/category.xml b/build/org.eclipse.elk.repository/category.xml
index 6fc76212bd..2c3791ffd7 100644
--- a/build/org.eclipse.elk.repository/category.xml
+++ b/build/org.eclipse.elk.repository/category.xml
@@ -11,46 +11,46 @@
    <description name="Eclipse Layout Kernel (Nightly Builds)" url="http://build.eclipse.org/modeling/elk/updates/nightly">
       Nightly build update site for the Eclipse Layout Kernel.
    </description>
-   <feature url="features/org.eclipse.elk_0.7.0.qualifier.jar" id="org.eclipse.elk.feature" version="0.7.0.qualifier">
+   <feature url="features/org.eclipse.elk_0.8.0.qualifier.jar" id="org.eclipse.elk.feature" version="0.8.0.qualifier">
       <category name="elk"/>
    </feature>
-   <feature url="features/org.eclipse.elk.source_0.7.0.qualifier.jar" id="org.eclipse.elk.feature.source" version="0.7.0.qualifier">
+   <feature url="features/org.eclipse.elk.source_0.8.0.qualifier.jar" id="org.eclipse.elk.feature.source" version="0.8.0.qualifier">
       <category name="elk"/>
    </feature>
-   <feature url="features/org.eclipse.elk.sdk_0.7.0.qualifier.jar" id="org.eclipse.elk.sdk.feature" version="0.7.0.qualifier">
+   <feature url="features/org.eclipse.elk.sdk_0.8.0.qualifier.jar" id="org.eclipse.elk.sdk.feature" version="0.8.0.qualifier">
       <category name="elk"/>
    </feature>
-   <feature url="features/org.eclipse.elk.sdk.source_0.7.0.qualifier.jar" id="org.eclipse.elk.sdk.feature.source" version="0.7.0.qualifier">
+   <feature url="features/org.eclipse.elk.sdk.source_0.8.0.qualifier.jar" id="org.eclipse.elk.sdk.feature.source" version="0.8.0.qualifier">
       <category name="elk"/>
    </feature>
-   <feature url="features/org.eclipse.elk.algorithms_0.7.0.qualifier.jar" id="org.eclipse.elk.algorithms.feature" version="0.7.0.qualifier">
+   <feature url="features/org.eclipse.elk.algorithms_0.8.0.qualifier.jar" id="org.eclipse.elk.algorithms.feature" version="0.8.0.qualifier">
       <category name="elk"/>
    </feature>
-   <feature url="features/org.eclipse.elk.algorithms.source_0.7.0.qualifier.jar" id="org.eclipse.elk.algorithms.feature.source" version="0.7.0.qualifier">
+   <feature url="features/org.eclipse.elk.algorithms.source_0.8.0.qualifier.jar" id="org.eclipse.elk.algorithms.feature.source" version="0.8.0.qualifier">
       <category name="elk"/>
    </feature>
-   <feature url="features/org.eclipse.elk.gmf_0.7.0.qualifier.jar" id="org.eclipse.elk.gmf.feature" version="0.7.0.qualifier">
+   <feature url="features/org.eclipse.elk.gmf_0.8.0.qualifier.jar" id="org.eclipse.elk.gmf.feature" version="0.8.0.qualifier">
       <category name="elk"/>
    </feature>
-   <feature url="features/org.eclipse.elk.gmf.source_0.7.0.qualifier.jar" id="org.eclipse.elk.gmf.feature.source" version="0.7.0.qualifier">
+   <feature url="features/org.eclipse.elk.gmf.source_0.8.0.qualifier.jar" id="org.eclipse.elk.gmf.feature.source" version="0.8.0.qualifier">
       <category name="elk"/>
    </feature>
-   <feature url="features/org.eclipse.elk.graphviz_0.7.0.qualifier.jar" id="org.eclipse.elk.graphviz.feature" version="0.7.0.qualifier">
+   <feature url="features/org.eclipse.elk.graphviz_0.8.0.qualifier.jar" id="org.eclipse.elk.graphviz.feature" version="0.8.0.qualifier">
       <category name="elk"/>
    </feature>
-   <feature url="features/org.eclipse.elk.graphviz.source_0.7.0.qualifier.jar" id="org.eclipse.elk.graphviz.feature.source" version="0.7.0.qualifier">
+   <feature url="features/org.eclipse.elk.graphviz.source_0.8.0.qualifier.jar" id="org.eclipse.elk.graphviz.feature.source" version="0.8.0.qualifier">
       <category name="elk"/>
    </feature>
-   <feature url="features/org.eclipse.elk.ui_0.7.0.qualifier.jar" id="org.eclipse.elk.ui.feature" version="0.7.0.qualifier">
+   <feature url="features/org.eclipse.elk.ui_0.8.0.qualifier.jar" id="org.eclipse.elk.ui.feature" version="0.8.0.qualifier">
       <category name="elk"/>
    </feature>
-   <feature url="features/org.eclipse.elk.ui.source_0.7.0.qualifier.jar" id="org.eclipse.elk.ui.feature.source" version="0.7.0.qualifier">
+   <feature url="features/org.eclipse.elk.ui.source_0.8.0.qualifier.jar" id="org.eclipse.elk.ui.feature.source" version="0.8.0.qualifier">
       <category name="elk"/>
    </feature>
-   <feature url="features/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json_0.7.0.qualifier.jar" id="org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.feature" version="0.7.0.qualifier">
+   <feature url="features/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json_0.8.0.qualifier.jar" id="org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.feature" version="0.8.0.qualifier">
       <category name="elk"/>
    </feature>
-   <feature url="features/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.source_0.7.0.qualifier.jar" id="org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.feature.source" version="0.7.0.qualifier">
+   <feature url="features/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.source_0.8.0.qualifier.jar" id="org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.feature.source" version="0.8.0.qualifier">
       <category name="elk"/>
    </feature>
    <category-def name="elk" label="Eclipse Layout Kernel">
diff --git a/build/org.eclipse.elk.repository/pom.xml b/build/org.eclipse.elk.repository/pom.xml
index 27a5bc1f49..f5a5726bea 100644
--- a/build/org.eclipse.elk.repository/pom.xml
+++ b/build/org.eclipse.elk.repository/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.repository</artifactId>
   <packaging>eclipse-repository</packaging>
   <name>Eclipse Layout Kernel Repository</name>
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/build/org.eclipse.elk.targetplatform/pom.xml b/build/org.eclipse.elk.targetplatform/pom.xml
index dbd4599bae..9f66c6a83a 100644
--- a/build/org.eclipse.elk.targetplatform/pom.xml
+++ b/build/org.eclipse.elk.targetplatform/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.targetplatform</artifactId>
   <packaging>eclipse-target-definition</packaging>
   <name>ELK Target Platform</name>
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/build/pom.xml b/build/pom.xml
index 29a27feaa1..727d758052 100644
--- a/build/pom.xml
+++ b/build/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
   <name>Eclipse Layout Kernel</name>
   <url>https://www.eclipse.org/elk/</url>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <description>An infrastructure for automatic graph layout and implementations of different layout algorithms.</description>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
diff --git a/features/org.eclipse.elk.algorithms.feature/feature.xml b/features/org.eclipse.elk.algorithms.feature/feature.xml
index e5fe0c3fe1..61fa141ff1 100644
--- a/features/org.eclipse.elk.algorithms.feature/feature.xml
+++ b/features/org.eclipse.elk.algorithms.feature/feature.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 <feature
       id="org.eclipse.elk.algorithms.feature"
       label="Eclipse Layout Kernel (Incubation) - Layout Algorithms"
-      version="0.7.0.qualifier"
+      version="0.8.0.qualifier"
       provider-name="Eclipse Layout Kernel"
       plugin="org.eclipse.elk.core">
 
diff --git a/features/org.eclipse.elk.algorithms.feature/pom.xml b/features/org.eclipse.elk.algorithms.feature/pom.xml
index 632f07fa91..d0bebab494 100644
--- a/features/org.eclipse.elk.algorithms.feature/pom.xml
+++ b/features/org.eclipse.elk.algorithms.feature/pom.xml
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
     <artifactId>features</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.algorithms.feature</artifactId>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>eclipse-feature</packaging>
 </project>
diff --git a/features/org.eclipse.elk.feature/feature.xml b/features/org.eclipse.elk.feature/feature.xml
index c67a184034..30ecb6bab9 100644
--- a/features/org.eclipse.elk.feature/feature.xml
+++ b/features/org.eclipse.elk.feature/feature.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 <feature
       id="org.eclipse.elk.feature"
       label="Eclipse Layout Kernel (Incubation) - Core Components"
-      version="0.7.0.qualifier"
+      version="0.8.0.qualifier"
       provider-name="Eclipse Layout Kernel"
       plugin="org.eclipse.elk.core">
 
diff --git a/features/org.eclipse.elk.feature/pom.xml b/features/org.eclipse.elk.feature/pom.xml
index 56b15533b1..b0d439176d 100644
--- a/features/org.eclipse.elk.feature/pom.xml
+++ b/features/org.eclipse.elk.feature/pom.xml
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
     <artifactId>features</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.feature</artifactId>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>eclipse-feature</packaging>
 </project>
diff --git a/features/org.eclipse.elk.gmf.feature/feature.xml b/features/org.eclipse.elk.gmf.feature/feature.xml
index 9dd92a9284..4733af5230 100644
--- a/features/org.eclipse.elk.gmf.feature/feature.xml
+++ b/features/org.eclipse.elk.gmf.feature/feature.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 <feature
       id="org.eclipse.elk.gmf.feature"
       label="Eclipse Layout Kernel (Incubation) - GMF Support"
-      version="0.7.0.qualifier"
+      version="0.8.0.qualifier"
       provider-name="Eclipse Layout Kernel"
       plugin="org.eclipse.elk.core">
 
diff --git a/features/org.eclipse.elk.gmf.feature/pom.xml b/features/org.eclipse.elk.gmf.feature/pom.xml
index b2b9ef8602..9332af6d96 100644
--- a/features/org.eclipse.elk.gmf.feature/pom.xml
+++ b/features/org.eclipse.elk.gmf.feature/pom.xml
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
     <artifactId>features</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.gmf.feature</artifactId>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>eclipse-feature</packaging>
 </project>
diff --git a/features/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.feature/feature.xml b/features/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.feature/feature.xml
index 47e55639d7..2441b4f22b 100644
--- a/features/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.feature/feature.xml
+++ b/features/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.feature/feature.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 <feature
       id="org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.feature"
       label="Eclipse Layout Kernel (Incubation) - ELK Graph JSON Format"
-      version="0.7.0.qualifier"
+      version="0.8.0.qualifier"
       provider-name="Eclipse Layout Kernel"
       plugin="org.eclipse.elk.core">
 
diff --git a/features/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.feature/pom.xml b/features/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.feature/pom.xml
index 7dac26ec77..4c3941ee85 100644
--- a/features/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.feature/pom.xml
+++ b/features/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.feature/pom.xml
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
     <artifactId>features</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.feature</artifactId>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>eclipse-feature</packaging>
 </project>
diff --git a/features/org.eclipse.elk.graphviz.feature/feature.xml b/features/org.eclipse.elk.graphviz.feature/feature.xml
index 05bd1a2aef..27bd6081a8 100644
--- a/features/org.eclipse.elk.graphviz.feature/feature.xml
+++ b/features/org.eclipse.elk.graphviz.feature/feature.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 <feature
       id="org.eclipse.elk.graphviz.feature"
       label="Eclipse Layout Kernel (Incubation) - Graphviz Library Support"
-      version="0.7.0.qualifier"
+      version="0.8.0.qualifier"
       provider-name="Eclipse Layout Kernel"
       plugin="org.eclipse.elk.core">
 
diff --git a/features/org.eclipse.elk.graphviz.feature/pom.xml b/features/org.eclipse.elk.graphviz.feature/pom.xml
index 39b05728a6..fd8b2ed4ef 100644
--- a/features/org.eclipse.elk.graphviz.feature/pom.xml
+++ b/features/org.eclipse.elk.graphviz.feature/pom.xml
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
     <artifactId>features</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.graphviz.feature</artifactId>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>eclipse-feature</packaging>
 </project>
diff --git a/features/org.eclipse.elk.sdk.feature/feature.xml b/features/org.eclipse.elk.sdk.feature/feature.xml
index 152f0f3c3d..830a521749 100644
--- a/features/org.eclipse.elk.sdk.feature/feature.xml
+++ b/features/org.eclipse.elk.sdk.feature/feature.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 <feature
       id="org.eclipse.elk.sdk.feature"
       label="Eclipse Layout Kernel (Incubation) - SDK"
-      version="0.7.0.qualifier"
+      version="0.8.0.qualifier"
       provider-name="Eclipse Layout Kernel"
       plugin="org.eclipse.elk.core">
 
diff --git a/features/org.eclipse.elk.sdk.feature/pom.xml b/features/org.eclipse.elk.sdk.feature/pom.xml
index 9c97118bc6..db73a2c06c 100644
--- a/features/org.eclipse.elk.sdk.feature/pom.xml
+++ b/features/org.eclipse.elk.sdk.feature/pom.xml
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
     <artifactId>features</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.sdk.feature</artifactId>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>eclipse-feature</packaging>
 </project>
diff --git a/features/org.eclipse.elk.ui.feature/feature.xml b/features/org.eclipse.elk.ui.feature/feature.xml
index d0c89eed9b..f17fd098ea 100644
--- a/features/org.eclipse.elk.ui.feature/feature.xml
+++ b/features/org.eclipse.elk.ui.feature/feature.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 <feature
       id="org.eclipse.elk.ui.feature"
       label="Eclipse Layout Kernel (Incubation) - UI Components"
-      version="0.7.0.qualifier"
+      version="0.8.0.qualifier"
       provider-name="Eclipse Layout Kernel"
       plugin="org.eclipse.elk.core">
 
diff --git a/features/org.eclipse.elk.ui.feature/pom.xml b/features/org.eclipse.elk.ui.feature/pom.xml
index 04921007a6..d61cf6aa51 100644
--- a/features/org.eclipse.elk.ui.feature/pom.xml
+++ b/features/org.eclipse.elk.ui.feature/pom.xml
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
     <artifactId>features</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.ui.feature</artifactId>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>eclipse-feature</packaging>
 </project>
diff --git a/features/pom.xml b/features/pom.xml
index 1db7b62751..dac4b87b54 100644
--- a/features/pom.xml
+++ b/features/pom.xml
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
   <artifactId>features</artifactId>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../build/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.common/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.common/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index a8e2d96b2d..5c9f4568de 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.common/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.common/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Automatic-Module-Name: org.eclipse.elk.alg.common
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: ELK Common Algorithms
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.elk.alg.common;singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 0.7.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 0.8.0.qualifier
 Bundle-Vendor: Eclipse Modeling Project
 Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
 Require-Bundle: com.google.guava;bundle-version="15.0.0",
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.common/pom.xml b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.common/pom.xml
index 222946b3d6..3199ec04bb 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.common/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.common/pom.xml
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../build/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.alg.common</artifactId>
   <name>ELK Common Algorithms</name>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <description>Common algorithms.</description>
   <packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
 
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
       <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.core</artifactId>
-      <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
       <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.graph</artifactId>
-      <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.disco.debug/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.disco.debug/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index ff3186a9bd..4cfdc20335 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.disco.debug/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.disco.debug/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Automatic-Module-Name: org.eclipse.elk.alg.disco.debug
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: ELK DisCo Debugging Utilities
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.elk.alg.disco.debug;singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 0.7.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 0.8.0.qualifier
 Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
 Require-Bundle: com.google.guava;bundle-version="15.0.0",
  org.eclipse.ui,
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.disco.debug/pom.xml b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.disco.debug/pom.xml
index 84f6287b1a..0843bf66c1 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.disco.debug/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.disco.debug/pom.xml
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../build/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.alg.disco.debug</artifactId>
   <name>ELK DisCo Debugging Utilities</name>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.disco/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.disco/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 3ae68ee434..cb9b95522e 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.disco/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.disco/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Automatic-Module-Name: org.eclipse.elk.alg.disco
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: ELK Disconnected Components Compaction
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.elk.alg.disco;singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 0.7.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 0.8.0.qualifier
 Require-Bundle: com.google.guava;bundle-version="15.0.0",
  org.eclipse.elk.core,
  org.eclipse.elk.graph,
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.disco/pom.xml b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.disco/pom.xml
index 9396e7e73c..d0148c2dd0 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.disco/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.disco/pom.xml
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../build/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.alg.disco</artifactId>
   <name>ELK Disconnected Components Compaction</name>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <description>Compaction algorithms for disconnected graphs.</description>
   <packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
 
@@ -28,17 +28,17 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
       <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.core</artifactId>
-      <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
       <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.graph</artifactId>
-      <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
       <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.alg.common</artifactId>
-      <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.force/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.force/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 61deb17119..c1dc732323 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.force/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.force/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Automatic-Module-Name: org.eclipse.elk.alg.force
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: ELK Force Layout Algorithm
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.elk.alg.force;singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 0.7.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 0.8.0.qualifier
 Bundle-Vendor: Eclipse Modeling Project
 Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
 Require-Bundle: com.google.guava;bundle-version="15.0.0",
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.force/pom.xml b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.force/pom.xml
index 7315626e32..3136efc199 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.force/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.force/pom.xml
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../build/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.alg.force</artifactId>
   <name>ELK Force Layout Algorithm</name>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <description>Layout algorithm based on the force approach.</description>
   <packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
 
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.graphviz.dot/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.graphviz.dot/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 01fe4021ac..d90090bf8a 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.graphviz.dot/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.graphviz.dot/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Automatic-Module-Name: org.eclipse.elk.alg.graphviz.dot
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: ELK Graphviz Dot Language Parser
 Bundle-Vendor: Eclipse Modeling Project
-Bundle-Version: 0.7.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 0.8.0.qualifier
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.elk.alg.graphviz.dot;singleton:=true
 Bundle-ActivationPolicy: lazy
 Require-Bundle: org.eclipse.xtext;bundle-version="2.9.0",
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.graphviz.dot/pom.xml b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.graphviz.dot/pom.xml
index be5ac9f220..649db05440 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.graphviz.dot/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.graphviz.dot/pom.xml
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../build/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.alg.graphviz.dot</artifactId>
   <name>ELK Graphviz Dot Language Parser</name>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <description>Support for the Graphviz Dot language.</description>
   <packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
 
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.graphviz.layouter/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.graphviz.layouter/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 5f550b2ce2..337a97e1f7 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.graphviz.layouter/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.graphviz.layouter/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Automatic-Module-Name: org.eclipse.elk.alg.graphviz.layouter
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: ELK Layout Bridge for Graphviz
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.elk.alg.graphviz.layouter;singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 0.7.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 0.8.0.qualifier
 Bundle-Activator: org.eclipse.elk.alg.graphviz.layouter.GraphvizLayouterPlugin
 Require-Bundle: org.eclipse.ui;resolution:=optional,
  org.eclipse.core.runtime,
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.graphviz.layouter/pom.xml b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.graphviz.layouter/pom.xml
index 23bcaf919c..595309316c 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.graphviz.layouter/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.graphviz.layouter/pom.xml
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../build/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.alg.graphviz.layouter</artifactId>
   <name>ELK Layout Bridge for Graphviz</name>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <description>Bridge to the Graphviz command-line tool for access through ELK.</description>
   <packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
 
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.layered/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.layered/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 98c6b79fbc..7ef6e8a6c6 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.layered/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.layered/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Automatic-Module-Name: org.eclipse.elk.alg.layered
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: ELK Layered Layout Algorithm
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.elk.alg.layered;singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 0.7.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 0.8.0.qualifier
 Bundle-Vendor: Eclipse Modeling Project
 Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
 Require-Bundle: com.google.guava;bundle-version="15.0.0",
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.layered/pom.xml b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.layered/pom.xml
index cb22ff9bca..7f8315dc95 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.layered/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.layered/pom.xml
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../build/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.alg.layered</artifactId>
   <name>ELK Layered Layout Algorithm</name>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <description>Layout algorithm based on the layered approach.</description>
   <packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
 
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.mrtree/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.mrtree/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index b020c5fecf..b4db799396 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.mrtree/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.mrtree/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Automatic-Module-Name: org.eclipse.elk.alg.mrtree
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: ELK Mr. Tree Layout Algorithm
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.elk.alg.mrtree;singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 0.7.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 0.8.0.qualifier
 Bundle-Vendor: Eclipse Modeling Project
 Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
 Require-Bundle: org.eclipse.elk.graph,
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.mrtree/pom.xml b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.mrtree/pom.xml
index 4283ceb797..04b151f1c1 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.mrtree/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.mrtree/pom.xml
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../build/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.alg.mrtree</artifactId>
   <name>ELK Mr. Tree Layout Algorithm</name>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <description>Layout algorithm based on the tree approach.</description>
   <packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
 
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.radial/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.radial/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 8015318a9f..ae735e794d 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.radial/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.radial/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Automatic-Module-Name: org.eclipse.elk.alg.radial
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: ELK Radial Layout Algorithm
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.elk.alg.radial;singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 0.7.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 0.8.0.qualifier
 Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
 Require-Bundle: com.google.guava;bundle-version="15.0.0",
  org.eclipse.elk.core,
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.radial/pom.xml b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.radial/pom.xml
index d6bb78aa0c..9a63166c43 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.radial/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.radial/pom.xml
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../build/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.alg.radial</artifactId>
   <name>ELK Radial Layout Algorithm</name>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <description>Layout algorithm based on the radial tree approach.</description>
   <packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
       <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.core</artifactId>
-      <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.rectpacking/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.rectpacking/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 84fab65dba..a8a614ec78 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.rectpacking/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.rectpacking/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Automatic-Module-Name: org.eclipse.elk.alg.rectpacking
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: ELK Rectangle Packing Algorithm
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.elk.alg.rectpacking;singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 0.7.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 0.8.0.qualifier
 Bundle-Vendor: Eclipse Modeling Project
 Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
 Require-Bundle: org.eclipse.elk.graph,
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.rectpacking/pom.xml b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.rectpacking/pom.xml
index e50ae84c01..a7ea93f80e 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.rectpacking/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.rectpacking/pom.xml
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../build/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.alg.rectpacking</artifactId>
   <name>ELK Rectangle Packing Algorithm</name>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <description>Algorithm that views nodes as rectanlges and packs them.</description>
   <packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
 
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
       <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.core</artifactId>
-      <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
       <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.alg.common</artifactId>
-      <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.spore/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.spore/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index b83d2ccb6e..0128feb8db 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.spore/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.spore/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Automatic-Module-Name: org.eclipse.elk.alg.spore
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: ELK SPOrE
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.elk.alg.spore;singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 0.7.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 0.8.0.qualifier
 Bundle-Vendor: Eclipse Modeling Project
 Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
 Require-Bundle: com.google.guava;bundle-version="15.0.0",
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.spore/pom.xml b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.spore/pom.xml
index 3fa6221965..1962892bb9 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.spore/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.alg.spore/pom.xml
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../build/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.alg.spore</artifactId>
   <name>ELK SPOrE</name>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <description>Algorithms for stable compaction and node overlap removal.</description>
   <packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
 
@@ -28,17 +28,17 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
       <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.core</artifactId>
-      <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
       <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.graph</artifactId>
-      <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
       <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.alg.common</artifactId>
-      <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.conn.gmf/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.conn.gmf/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 6d5f71b384..0ea9c25063 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.conn.gmf/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.conn.gmf/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Automatic-Module-Name: org.eclipse.elk.conn.gmf
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: ELK Layout Connector for GMF
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.elk.conn.gmf;singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 0.7.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 0.8.0.qualifier
 Bundle-Vendor: Eclipse Modeling Project
 Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
 Export-Package: org.eclipse.elk.conn.gmf
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.conn.gmf/pom.xml b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.conn.gmf/pom.xml
index c3adae4ede..1d6985b04a 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.conn.gmf/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.conn.gmf/pom.xml
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../build/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.conn.gmf</artifactId>
   <name>ELK Layout Connector for GMF</name>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.debug.grandom.ide/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.debug.grandom.ide/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index a679a96e39..35ebc0e7c8 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.debug.grandom.ide/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.debug.grandom.ide/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Automatic-Module-Name: org.eclipse.elk.core.debug.grandom.ide
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: ELK Random Graph Generator Generic IDE Services
 Bundle-Vendor: Eclipse Modeling Project
-Bundle-Version: 0.7.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 0.8.0.qualifier
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.elk.core.debug.grandom.ide; singleton:=true
 Bundle-ActivationPolicy: lazy
 Require-Bundle: org.eclipse.elk.core.debug.grandom,
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.debug.grandom.ide/pom.xml b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.debug.grandom.ide/pom.xml
index b9a7171586..1724242713 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.debug.grandom.ide/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.debug.grandom.ide/pom.xml
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../build/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.core.debug.grandom.ide</artifactId>
   <name>ELK Random Graph Generator Generic IDE Services</name>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.debug.grandom.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.debug.grandom.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index d9b91b7f4e..27c1b5b57f 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.debug.grandom.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.debug.grandom.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Automatic-Module-Name: org.eclipse.elk.core.debug.grandom.ui
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: ELK Random Graph Generator UI
 Bundle-Vendor: Eclipse Modeling Project
-Bundle-Version: 0.7.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 0.8.0.qualifier
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.elk.core.debug.grandom.ui; singleton:=true
 Bundle-ActivationPolicy: lazy
 Require-Bundle: org.eclipse.elk.core.debug.grandom,
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.debug.grandom.ui/pom.xml b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.debug.grandom.ui/pom.xml
index 0cd6b292ec..f9fd34870d 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.debug.grandom.ui/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.debug.grandom.ui/pom.xml
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../build/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.core.debug.grandom.ui</artifactId>
   <name>ELK Random Graph Generator UI</name>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.debug.grandom/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.debug.grandom/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index f0ae037baa..662db42156 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.debug.grandom/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.debug.grandom/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Automatic-Module-Name: org.eclipse.elk.core.debug.grandom
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: ELK Random Graph Generator
 Bundle-Vendor: Eclipse Modeling Project
-Bundle-Version: 0.7.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 0.8.0.qualifier
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.elk.core.debug.grandom; singleton:=true
 Bundle-ActivationPolicy: lazy
 Require-Bundle: org.eclipse.xtext,
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.debug.grandom/pom.xml b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.debug.grandom/pom.xml
index d3442f6f81..1e67fa9559 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.debug.grandom/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.debug.grandom/pom.xml
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../build/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.core.debug.grandom</artifactId>
   <name>ELK Random Graph Generator</name>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.debug/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.debug/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index e1c6ed4586..4dc7ad8fbc 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.debug/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.debug/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Automatic-Module-Name: org.eclipse.elk.core.debug
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: ELK Debugging Utilities
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.elk.core.debug;singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 0.7.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 0.8.0.qualifier
 Bundle-Activator: org.eclipse.elk.core.debug.ElkDebugPlugin
 Require-Bundle: com.google.guava,
  org.eclipse.core.resources,
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.debug/pom.xml b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.debug/pom.xml
index a17afc70ea..9164cb7174 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.debug/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.debug/pom.xml
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../build/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.core.debug</artifactId>
   <name>ELK Debugging Utilities</name>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.meta.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.meta.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index b59814305d..87593f9b2c 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.meta.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.meta.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Automatic-Module-Name: org.eclipse.elk.core.meta.ui
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: ELK Layout Meta Data Language (UI Components)
 Bundle-Vendor: Eclipse Modeling Project
-Bundle-Version: 0.7.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 0.8.0.qualifier
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.elk.core.meta.ui; singleton:=true
 Bundle-ActivationPolicy: lazy
 Require-Bundle: org.eclipse.elk.core.meta,
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.meta.ui/pom.xml b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.meta.ui/pom.xml
index 5c81a5e313..76266abe58 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.meta.ui/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.meta.ui/pom.xml
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../build/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.core.meta.ui</artifactId>
   <name>ELK Layout Meta Data Language (UI Components)</name>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.meta/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.meta/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index f147788800..a7623ff43d 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.meta/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.meta/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Automatic-Module-Name: org.eclipse.elk.core.meta
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: ELK Layout Meta Data Language
 Bundle-Vendor: Eclipse Modeling Project
-Bundle-Version: 0.7.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 0.8.0.qualifier
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.elk.core.meta; singleton:=true
 Bundle-ActivationPolicy: lazy
 Require-Bundle: org.eclipse.xtext;bundle-version="2.12.0",
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.meta/pom.xml b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.meta/pom.xml
index 6a8771a9bd..33f99c4478 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.meta/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.meta/pom.xml
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../build/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.core.meta</artifactId>
   <name>ELK Layout Meta Data Language</name>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <description>The Layout Meta Data Language describes layout algorithms and their configuration options.</description>
   <packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
 
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.service/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.service/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 5f8ab7e2b3..f7930a1f90 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.service/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.service/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Automatic-Module-Name: org.eclipse.elk.core.service
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: ELK Layout Service Layer
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.elk.core.service;singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 0.7.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 0.8.0.qualifier
 Bundle-Vendor: Eclipse Modeling Project
 Require-Bundle: com.google.guava;bundle-version="15.0.0",
  com.google.inject;bundle-version="3.0.0";visibility:=reexport,
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.service/pom.xml b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.service/pom.xml
index 20404d4fe9..22acfdec74 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.service/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.service/pom.xml
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../build/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.core.service</artifactId>
   <name>ELK Layout Service Layer</name>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <description>ELK Service integrates layout computations into Eclipse-based IDEs (async execution, progress reporting, etc.).</description>
   <packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
 
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 43a6363f8a..193d7571de 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Automatic-Module-Name: org.eclipse.elk.core.ui
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: ELK Core Components (UI)
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.elk.core.ui;singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 0.7.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 0.8.0.qualifier
 Bundle-Activator: org.eclipse.elk.core.ui.ElkUiPlugin
 Bundle-Vendor: Eclipse Modeling Project
 Bundle-Localization: plugin
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.ui/pom.xml b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.ui/pom.xml
index 61f6a2ee49..50f948c300 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.ui/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core.ui/pom.xml
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../build/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.core.ui</artifactId>
   <name>ELK Core Components (UI)</name>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index d6a4bc411f..571278cd2c 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Automatic-Module-Name: org.eclipse.elk.core
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: ELK Core Components
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.elk.core;singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 0.7.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 0.8.0.qualifier
 Eclipse-BuddyPolicy: registered
 Require-Bundle: com.google.guava;bundle-version="15.0.0",
  org.eclipse.emf.ecore,
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core/pom.xml b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core/pom.xml
index 567aed5f2f..f93c605214 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.core/pom.xml
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../build/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.core</artifactId>
   <name>ELK Core Components</name>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <description>The Core of the Eclipse Layout Kernel.</description>
   <packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
 
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.text.ide/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.text.ide/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 4e34028195..510d676526 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.text.ide/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.text.ide/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Automatic-Module-Name: org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.text.ide
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: ELK Textual JSON Graph Format Generic IDE Services
 Bundle-Vendor: Eclipse Modeling Project
-Bundle-Version: 0.7.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 0.8.0.qualifier
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.text.ide; singleton:=true
 Bundle-ActivationPolicy: lazy
 Require-Bundle: org.eclipse.elk.core,
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.text.ide/pom.xml b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.text.ide/pom.xml
index 9d2e1c4089..b6da739d5b 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.text.ide/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.text.ide/pom.xml
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../build/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.text.ide</artifactId>
   <name>ELK Textual JSON Graph Format Generic IDE Services</name>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <description>Generic IDE Services for the textual ELK JSON Graph format.</description>
   <packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
 
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.text.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.text.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 196f9143aa..a900afbc2f 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.text.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.text.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Automatic-Module-Name: org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.text.ui
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: ELK Textual JSON Graph Format UI
 Bundle-Vendor: Eclipse Modeling Project
-Bundle-Version: 0.7.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 0.8.0.qualifier
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.text.ui; singleton:=true
 Bundle-ActivationPolicy: lazy
 Require-Bundle: org.eclipse.elk.core,
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.text.ui/pom.xml b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.text.ui/pom.xml
index 897f777b28..8b6b628d9e 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.text.ui/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.text.ui/pom.xml
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../build/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.text.ui</artifactId>
   <name>ELK Textual JSON Graph Format UI</name>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.text/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.text/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index a70233c102..65e2896ee5 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.text/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.text/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Automatic-Module-Name: org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.text
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: ELK Textual JSON Graph Format
 Bundle-Vendor: Eclipse Modeling Project
-Bundle-Version: 0.7.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 0.8.0.qualifier
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.text; singleton:=true
 Bundle-ActivationPolicy: lazy
 Require-Bundle: org.eclipse.elk.core,
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.text/pom.xml b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.text/pom.xml
index 12fa8bed8c..2642dfbd37 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.text/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.text/pom.xml
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../build/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.text</artifactId>
   <name>ELK Textual JSON Graph Format</name>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <description>An Xtext language for the JSON ELK Graph data structure.</description>
   <packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
 
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index c5f516110d..cb7e40b20d 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Automatic-Module-Name: org.eclipse.elk.graph.json
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: ELK Graph JSON
 Bundle-Vendor: Eclipse Modeling Project
-Bundle-Version: 0.7.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 0.8.0.qualifier
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.elk.graph.json;singleton:=true
 Require-Bundle: com.google.guava;bundle-version="15.0.0",
  com.google.gson;bundle-version="2.8.2";visibility:=reexport,
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json/pom.xml b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json/pom.xml
index 7db715286c..ac153cee0b 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../build/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.graph.json</artifactId>
   <name>ELK Graph JSON</name>
   <description>JSON Format of the ELK Graph</description>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.text.ide/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.text.ide/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index aeef8d224e..97690ef95b 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.text.ide/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.text.ide/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Automatic-Module-Name: org.eclipse.elk.graph.text.ide
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: ELK Textual Graph Format Generic IDE Services
 Bundle-Vendor: Eclipse Modeling Project
-Bundle-Version: 0.7.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 0.8.0.qualifier
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.elk.graph.text.ide; singleton:=true
 Bundle-ActivationPolicy: lazy
 Require-Bundle: org.eclipse.xtext.ide;bundle-version="2.12.0",
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.text.ide/pom.xml b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.text.ide/pom.xml
index ed5e9458df..6e2fc3cfb8 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.text.ide/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.text.ide/pom.xml
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../build/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.graph.text.ide</artifactId>
   <name>ELK Textual Graph Format Generic IDE Services</name>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <description>Generic IDE Services for the textual ELK Graph format.</description>
   <packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
 
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.text.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.text.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index f5aa2f270c..b394b1abab 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.text.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.text.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Automatic-Module-Name: org.eclipse.elk.graph.text.ui
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: ELK Textual Graph Format UI
 Bundle-Vendor: Eclipse Modeling Project
-Bundle-Version: 0.7.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 0.8.0.qualifier
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.elk.graph.text.ui; singleton:=true
 Bundle-ActivationPolicy: lazy
 Require-Bundle: org.eclipse.elk.core,
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.text.ui/pom.xml b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.text.ui/pom.xml
index 77cd812205..f6fbd78cf6 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.text.ui/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.text.ui/pom.xml
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../build/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.graph.text.ui</artifactId>
   <name>ELK Textual Graph Format UI</name>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.text/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.text/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index ca5729f42c..b0deb10ff8 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.text/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.text/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Automatic-Module-Name: org.eclipse.elk.graph.text
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: ELK Textual Graph Format
 Bundle-Vendor: Eclipse Modeling Project
-Bundle-Version: 0.7.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 0.8.0.qualifier
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.elk.graph.text; singleton:=true
 Bundle-ActivationPolicy: lazy
 Require-Bundle: org.eclipse.elk.core,
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.text/pom.xml b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.text/pom.xml
index 0472ba3fe5..ddd7e7d2ea 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.text/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph.text/pom.xml
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../build/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.graph.text</artifactId>
   <name>ELK Textual Graph Format</name>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <description>An Xtext language for the ELK Graph data structure.</description>
   <packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
 
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index e58436cdaf..8e22eb0d9a 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Automatic-Module-Name: org.eclipse.elk.graph
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: ELK Graph Model
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.elk.graph;singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 0.7.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 0.8.0.qualifier
 Bundle-ClassPath: .
 Bundle-Vendor: Eclipse Modeling Project
 Export-Package: org.eclipse.elk.graph,
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph/pom.xml b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph/pom.xml
index f0b8f4b265..747d3305fb 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.elk.graph/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../build/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.graph</artifactId>
   <name>ELK Graph Model</name>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <description>The ELK Graph is the central data structure of the Eclipse Layout Kernel.</description>
   <packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
 </project>
diff --git a/plugins/pom.xml b/plugins/pom.xml
index 3d29fcfb96..009a1aa385 100644
--- a/plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/pom.xml
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
   <artifactId>plugins</artifactId>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../build/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.common.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.common.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 9f3e447e1b..d348a58738 100644
--- a/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.common.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.common.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Manifest-Version: 1.0
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: ELK Common Algorithms Tests
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.elk.alg.common.test;singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 0.7.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 0.8.0.qualifier
 Automatic-Module-Name: org.eclipse.elk.alg.common.test
 Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
 Bundle-Vendor: Eclipse Modeling Project
diff --git a/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.common.test/pom.xml b/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.common.test/pom.xml
index 55162a1e61..93096cd897 100644
--- a/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.common.test/pom.xml
+++ b/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.common.test/pom.xml
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../build/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.alg.common.test</artifactId>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>eclipse-test-plugin</packaging>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.disco.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.disco.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index bb78b53a48..800d65b8fc 100644
--- a/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.disco.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.disco.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Manifest-Version: 1.0
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: ELK Layout DisCo Tests
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.elk.alg.disco.test;singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 0.7.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 0.8.0.qualifier
 Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
 Require-Bundle: com.google.guava;bundle-version="18.0.0",
  org.eclipse.elk.core,
diff --git a/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.disco.test/pom.xml b/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.disco.test/pom.xml
index 060a17c53c..788a0687af 100644
--- a/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.disco.test/pom.xml
+++ b/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.disco.test/pom.xml
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../build/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.alg.disco.test</artifactId>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>eclipse-test-plugin</packaging>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.layered.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.layered.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 9ee189bd4c..c06577fbcb 100644
--- a/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.layered.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.layered.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Manifest-Version: 1.0
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: ELK Layered Tests
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.elk.alg.layered.test;singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 0.7.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 0.8.0.qualifier
 Automatic-Module-Name: org.eclipse.elk.alg.layered.test
 Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
 Bundle-Vendor: Eclipse Modeling Project
diff --git a/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.layered.test/pom.xml b/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.layered.test/pom.xml
index e30cf4b8c6..9ba2d102dc 100644
--- a/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.layered.test/pom.xml
+++ b/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.layered.test/pom.xml
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../build/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.alg.layered.test</artifactId>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>eclipse-test-plugin</packaging>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.rectpacking.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.rectpacking.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 3648005712..575594325c 100644
--- a/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.rectpacking.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.rectpacking.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Manifest-Version: 1.0
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: ELK Rectpacking Algorithms Tests
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.elk.alg.rectpacking.test;singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 0.7.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 0.8.0.qualifier
 Automatic-Module-Name: org.eclipse.elk.alg.rectpacking.test
 Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
 Bundle-Vendor: Eclipse Modeling Project
diff --git a/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.rectpacking.test/pom.xml b/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.rectpacking.test/pom.xml
index e5dc1396bb..a4e2cff6ce 100644
--- a/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.rectpacking.test/pom.xml
+++ b/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.rectpacking.test/pom.xml
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../build/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.alg.rectpacking.test</artifactId>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>eclipse-test-plugin</packaging>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.spore.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.spore.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 020a22727e..b3b0510f43 100644
--- a/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.spore.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.spore.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Manifest-Version: 1.0
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: ELK SPOrE Tests
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.elk.alg.spore.test;singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 0.7.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 0.8.0.qualifier
 Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
 Bundle-Vendor: Eclipse Modeling Project
 Require-Bundle: com.google.guava;bundle-version="18.0.0",
diff --git a/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.spore.test/pom.xml b/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.spore.test/pom.xml
index ebcfb5645c..80fd7d6b8b 100644
--- a/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.spore.test/pom.xml
+++ b/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.spore.test/pom.xml
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../build/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.alg.spore.test</artifactId>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>eclipse-test-plugin</packaging>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index b0686409b3..fecabbb189 100644
--- a/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Manifest-Version: 1.0
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: ELK Layout Algorithm Tests
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.elk.alg.test;singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 0.7.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 0.8.0.qualifier
 Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
 Require-Bundle: com.google.guava;bundle-version="15.0.0",
  org.eclipse.elk.core,
diff --git a/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.test/pom.xml b/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.test/pom.xml
index 95cf54367d..d1ecd44350 100644
--- a/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.test/pom.xml
+++ b/test/org.eclipse.elk.alg.test/pom.xml
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@
   <parent>
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+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../build/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.alg.test</artifactId>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>eclipse-test-plugin</packaging>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/test/org.eclipse.elk.core.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/test/org.eclipse.elk.core.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 86c1db5393..a6cd86a267 100644
--- a/test/org.eclipse.elk.core.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/test/org.eclipse.elk.core.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Manifest-Version: 1.0
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: ELK Core Tests
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.elk.core.test;singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 0.7.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 0.8.0.qualifier
 Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
 Require-Bundle: com.google.guava;bundle-version="15.0.0",
  org.junit;bundle-version="4.12.0",
diff --git a/test/org.eclipse.elk.core.test/pom.xml b/test/org.eclipse.elk.core.test/pom.xml
index 5272113bb9..134f82b78c 100644
--- a/test/org.eclipse.elk.core.test/pom.xml
+++ b/test/org.eclipse.elk.core.test/pom.xml
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@
   <parent>
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+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../build/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.core.test</artifactId>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>eclipse-test-plugin</packaging>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/test/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/test/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index c26e8d4d70..448ad4b2d2 100644
--- a/test/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/test/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Manifest-Version: 1.0
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: ELK Graph JSON Tests
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.test;singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 0.7.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 0.8.0.qualifier
 Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
 Bundle-Vendor: Eclipse Modeling Project
 Require-Bundle: com.google.guava;bundle-version="15.0.0",
diff --git a/test/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.test/pom.xml b/test/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.test/pom.xml
index 068bd62114..7b1f26481a 100644
--- a/test/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.test/pom.xml
+++ b/test/org.eclipse.elk.graph.json.test/pom.xml
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@
   <parent>
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+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
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   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
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-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>eclipse-test-plugin</packaging>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/test/org.eclipse.elk.graph.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/test/org.eclipse.elk.graph.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 7ed9ed7f0f..761f690038 100644
--- a/test/org.eclipse.elk.graph.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/test/org.eclipse.elk.graph.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Manifest-Version: 1.0
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: ELK Graph Model Tests
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.elk.graph.test;singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 0.7.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 0.8.0.qualifier
 Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
 Bundle-Vendor: Eclipse Modeling Project
 Require-Bundle: com.google.guava;bundle-version="15.0.0",
diff --git a/test/org.eclipse.elk.graph.test/pom.xml b/test/org.eclipse.elk.graph.test/pom.xml
index 607da7738f..a65b9c5096 100644
--- a/test/org.eclipse.elk.graph.test/pom.xml
+++ b/test/org.eclipse.elk.graph.test/pom.xml
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@
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+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
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-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>eclipse-test-plugin</packaging>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/test/org.eclipse.elk.shared.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/test/org.eclipse.elk.shared.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 9222582f1c..4f34145c48 100644
--- a/test/org.eclipse.elk.shared.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/test/org.eclipse.elk.shared.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Manifest-Version: 1.0
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: ELK Shared Tests
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.elk.shared.test;singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 0.7.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 0.8.0.qualifier
 Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
 Require-Bundle: com.google.guava;bundle-version="15.0.0",
  org.junit;bundle-version="4.12.0",
diff --git a/test/org.eclipse.elk.shared.test/pom.xml b/test/org.eclipse.elk.shared.test/pom.xml
index 2f58b66120..8ee0621f50 100644
--- a/test/org.eclipse.elk.shared.test/pom.xml
+++ b/test/org.eclipse.elk.shared.test/pom.xml
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@
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   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.elk.shared.test</artifactId>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>eclipse-test-plugin</packaging>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/test/pom.xml b/test/pom.xml
index dd9f893695..80088db32c 100644
--- a/test/pom.xml
+++ b/test/pom.xml
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
   <artifactId>test</artifactId>
-  <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.elk</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../build/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>