[maven-release-plugin] prepare release asterix-0.8.1
diff --git a/asterix-external-data/pom.xml b/asterix-external-data/pom.xml
index db77812..a477fe8 100644
--- a/asterix-external-data/pom.xml
+++ b/asterix-external-data/pom.xml
@@ -7,13 +7,12 @@
 	WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. ! See the 
 	License for the specific language governing permissions and ! limitations 
 	under the License. ! -->
-<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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>asterix</artifactId>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
-		<version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.8.1</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>asterix-external-data</artifactId>
 
@@ -101,21 +100,21 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
 			<artifactId>asterix-om</artifactId>
-			<version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.8.1</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
 			<artifactId>asterix-runtime</artifactId>
-			<version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.8.1</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
 			<artifactId>asterix-metadata</artifactId>
-			<version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.8.1</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
@@ -172,7 +171,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
 			<artifactId>asterix-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.8.1</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.microsoft.windowsazure</groupId>