diff --git a/docs/checker-framework-webpage.html b/docs/checker-framework-webpage.html
index 02c49d9c54f..91e7702297c 100644
--- a/docs/checker-framework-webpage.html
+++ b/docs/checker-framework-webpage.html
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ <h1>The Checker Framework</h1>
 
 <ul>
   <li>
-    Download: <a href="checker-framework-2.7.0.zip"><!-- checker-framework-zip-version -->checker-framework-2.7.0.zip<!-- /checker-framework-zip-version --></a>
-    (<!-- checker-framework-date -->1 Mar 2019<!-- /checker-framework-date -->);
+    Download: <a href="checker-framework-2.8.0.zip"><!-- checker-framework-zip-version -->checker-framework-2.8.0.zip<!-- /checker-framework-zip-version --></a>
+    (<!-- checker-framework-date -->3 Apr 2019<!-- /checker-framework-date -->);
     includes source, platform-independent binary, tests, and documentation.<br/>
     Then, see the <a
     href="manual/#installation"><b>installation
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ <h1>The Checker Framework</h1>
           the <code>.class</code> file.  The tools support both Java 5
           declaration annotations and Java 8 type annotations.
         <ul>
-          <li><a href="annotation-file-utilities/annotation-tools-3.8.5.zip"><!-- annotation-tools-zip-version -->annotation-tools-3.8.5.zip<!-- /annotation-tools-zip-version --></a> (<!-- afu-date -->01 Mar 2019<!-- /afu-date -->)
+          <li><a href="annotation-file-utilities/annotation-tools-3.8.6.zip"><!-- annotation-tools-zip-version -->annotation-tools-3.8.6.zip<!-- /annotation-tools-zip-version --></a> (<!-- afu-date -->03 Apr 2019<!-- /afu-date -->)
           </li>
           <li><a href="https://github.com/typetools/annotation-tools/">source code repository</a>
           </li>
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ <h3 id="mailing-lists">Mailing lists</h3>
 <hr />
 
 <p>
-Last updated: <!-- checker-framework-date -->1 Mar 2019<!-- /checker-framework-date -->
+Last updated: <!-- checker-framework-date -->3 Apr 2019<!-- /checker-framework-date -->
 </p>
 
 </body>
diff --git a/docs/examples/MavenExample/pom.xml b/docs/examples/MavenExample/pom.xml
index 830cf0f5733..a5749ced5f5 100644
--- a/docs/examples/MavenExample/pom.xml
+++ b/docs/examples/MavenExample/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <!-- These properties will be set by the Maven Dependency plugin -->
     <annotatedJdk>${org.checkerframework:jdk8:jar}</annotatedJdk>
-    <checkerFrameworkVersion><!-- checker-framework-version -->2.7.0<!-- /checker-framework-version --></checkerFrameworkVersion>
+    <checkerFrameworkVersion><!-- checker-framework-version -->2.8.0<!-- /checker-framework-version --></checkerFrameworkVersion>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/docs/examples/lombok/build.gradle b/docs/examples/lombok/build.gradle
index 90b0f954887..be7cf4f49dc 100644
--- a/docs/examples/lombok/build.gradle
+++ b/docs/examples/lombok/build.gradle
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ configurations {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-  ext.checkerFrameworkVersion = '2.7.0'
+  ext.checkerFrameworkVersion = '2.8.0'
   checkerFrameworkAnnotatedJDK "org.checkerframework:jdk8:${checkerFrameworkVersion}"
   annotationProcessor "org.checkerframework:checker:${checkerFrameworkVersion}"
   implementation "org.checkerframework:checker-qual:${checkerFrameworkVersion}"
diff --git a/docs/manual/checkerframework.gradle b/docs/manual/checkerframework.gradle
index 0529ec73ef7..dc98bd9ae70 100644
--- a/docs/manual/checkerframework.gradle
+++ b/docs/manual/checkerframework.gradle
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ configurations {
 // Pass -PcfLocal to use a locally-built version of the Checker Framework.
 dependencies {
   if (!rootProject.hasProperty('cfLocal')) {
-    ext.checkerFrameworkVersion = '2.7.0'
+    ext.checkerFrameworkVersion = '2.8.0'
     checkerFrameworkAnnotatedJDK "org.checkerframework:jdk8:${checkerFrameworkVersion}"
     annotationProcessor "org.checkerframework:checker:${checkerFrameworkVersion}"
     implementation "org.checkerframework:checker-qual:${checkerFrameworkVersion}"
diff --git a/docs/manual/external-tools.tex b/docs/manual/external-tools.tex
index f7511953494..464c8ad33b2 100644
--- a/docs/manual/external-tools.tex
+++ b/docs/manual/external-tools.tex
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
 \begin{Verbatim}
 dependencies {
     ... existing dependencies...
-    ext.checkerFrameworkVersion = '2.7.0'
+    ext.checkerFrameworkVersion = '2.8.0'
     implementation "org.checkerframework:checker-qual-android:${checkerFrameworkVersion}"
     annotationProcessor "org.checkerframework:checker:${checkerFrameworkVersion}"
     checkerFrameworkAnnotatedJDK "org.checkerframework:jdk8:${checkerFrameworkVersion}"
@@ -262,13 +262,13 @@
 \begin{Verbatim}
 prebuilt_jar(
     name = 'checker-framework',
-    binary_jar = 'checker-2.7.0.jar',
+    binary_jar = 'checker-2.8.0.jar',
     visibility = [ 'PUBLIC' ]
 )
 
 prebuilt_jar(
     name = 'checker-qual',
-    binary_jar = 'checker-qual-2.7.0.jar',
+    binary_jar = 'checker-qual-2.8.0.jar',
     visibility = [ 'PUBLIC' ]
 )
 
@@ -473,14 +473,14 @@
   \item
     Option 1:
     Add directory
-    \code{.../checker-framework-2.7.0/checker/bin} to your path, \emph{before} any other
+    \code{.../checker-framework-2.8.0/checker/bin} to your path, \emph{before} any other
     directory that contains a \<javac> executable.
 
     If you are
     using the bash shell, a way to do this is to add the following to your
     \verb|~/.profile| (or alternately \verb|~/.bash_profile| or \verb|~/.bashrc|) file:
 \begin{Verbatim}
-  export CHECKERFRAMEWORK=${HOME}/checker-framework-2.7.0
+  export CHECKERFRAMEWORK=${HOME}/checker-framework-2.8.0
   export PATH=${CHECKERFRAMEWORK}/checker/bin:${PATH}
 \end{Verbatim}
     then log out and back in to ensure that the environment variable
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@
     \verb|~/.bashrc| file:
 % No Windows example because this doesn't work under Windows.
 \begin{Verbatim}
-  export CHECKERFRAMEWORK=${HOME}/checker-framework-2.7.0
+  export CHECKERFRAMEWORK=${HOME}/checker-framework-2.8.0
   alias javacheck='$CHECKERFRAMEWORK/checker/bin/javac'
 \end{Verbatim}
 
@@ -523,11 +523,11 @@
 
 \begin{Verbatim}
   # Unix
-  export CHECKERFRAMEWORK=${HOME}/checker-framework-2.7.0
+  export CHECKERFRAMEWORK=${HOME}/checker-framework-2.8.0
   alias javacheck='java -jar "$CHECKERFRAMEWORK/checker/dist/checker.jar"'
 
   # Windows
-  set CHECKERFRAMEWORK = C:\Program Files\checker-framework-2.7.0\
+  set CHECKERFRAMEWORK = C:\Program Files\checker-framework-2.8.0\
   doskey javacheck=java -jar "%CHECKERFRAMEWORK%\checker\dist\checker.jar" $*
 \end{Verbatim}
 
diff --git a/docs/manual/introduction.tex b/docs/manual/introduction.tex
index 527b86a31db..d40e16e7714 100644
--- a/docs/manual/introduction.tex
+++ b/docs/manual/introduction.tex
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
   %BEGIN LATEX
   \\
   %END LATEX
-  \url{https://checkerframework.org/checker-framework-2.7.0.zip}
+  \url{https://checkerframework.org/checker-framework-2.8.0.zip}
 
 \item
   Unzip it to create a \code{checker-framework} directory.
diff --git a/docs/manual/manual.tex b/docs/manual/manual.tex
index 756367854dc..83a95c00e63 100644
--- a/docs/manual/manual.tex
+++ b/docs/manual/manual.tex
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 \title{The Checker Framework Manual: \\ Custom pluggable types for Java}
 \author{\url{https://checkerframework.org/}}
-\newcommand{\ReleaseVersion}{2.7.0}
-\newcommand{\ReleaseInfo}{2.7.0 (1 Mar 2019)}
+\newcommand{\ReleaseVersion}{2.8.0}
+\newcommand{\ReleaseInfo}{2.8.0 (3 Apr 2019)}
 \date{Version \ReleaseInfo{}}
 
 \begin{document}
diff --git a/docs/tutorial/tests/testdemo/check-tainting.0.expected b/docs/tutorial/tests/testdemo/check-tainting.0.expected
index 8f1e9d2978b..b745016e87e 100644
--- a/docs/tutorial/tests/testdemo/check-tainting.0.expected
+++ b/docs/tutorial/tests/testdemo/check-tainting.0.expected
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Deleting directory /Users/smillst/src/jsr308/checker-framework/tutorial/eclipse-
 check-tainting:
 Created dir: /Users/smillst/src/jsr308/checker-framework/tutorial/eclipse-projects/personalblog-demo/bin
 Compiling 2 source files to /Users/smillst/src/jsr308/checker-framework/tutorial/eclipse-projects/personalblog-demo/bin
-javac 1.8.0-jsr308-2.7.0
+javac 1.8.0-jsr308-2.8.0
 /home/mernst/research/types/checker-framework/tutorial/eclipse-projects/personalblog-demo/src/net/eyde/personalblog/service/PersonalBlogService.java:174: error: [argument.type.incompatible] incompatible types in argument.
                                 + "%' order by post.created desc");
                                   ^
diff --git a/docs/tutorial/webpages/security-error-cmd.html b/docs/tutorial/webpages/security-error-cmd.html
index 6930595630c..29fa483d9ee 100644
--- a/docs/tutorial/webpages/security-error-cmd.html
+++ b/docs/tutorial/webpages/security-error-cmd.html
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ <h4>1. Run the Tainting Checker &mdash; 1 error found</h4>
 check-tainting:
     [mkdir] Created dir: .../personalblog-demo/bin
 [jsr308.javac] Compiling 2 source files to .../personalblog-demo/bin
-[jsr308.javac] javac 1.8.0-jsr308-2.7.0
+[jsr308.javac] javac 1.8.0-jsr308-2.8.0
 [jsr308.javac] .../personalblog-demo/src/net/eyde/personalblog/service/PersonalBlogService.java:175: error: incompatible types in argument.
 [jsr308.javac]                     "where post.category like '%", category,
 [jsr308.javac]                                                    ^
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ <h4>3. Re-run the Tainting Checker &mdash; a new error is found</h4>
 check-tainting:
     [mkdir] Created dir: .../personalblog-demo/bin
 [jsr308.javac] Compiling 2 source files to .../personalblog-demo/bin
-[jsr308.javac] javac 1.8.0-jsr308-2.7.0
+[jsr308.javac] javac 1.8.0-jsr308-2.8.0
 [jsr308.javac] .../personalblog-demo/src/net/eyde/personalblog/struts/action/ReadAction.java:58: error: incompatible types in argument.
 [jsr308.javac]                          pblog.getPostsByCategory(reqCategory));
 [jsr308.javac]                                                   ^
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ <h4>5. Re-run the Tainting Checker &mdash; no errors</h4>
 check-tainting:
     [mkdir] Created dir: .../personalblog-demo/bin
 [jsr308.javac] Compiling 2 source files to .../personalblog-demo/bin
-[jsr308.javac] javac 1.8.0-jsr308-2.7.0
+[jsr308.javac] javac 1.8.0-jsr308-2.8.0
 
 BUILD SUCCESSFUL
 Total time: 2 seconds
diff --git a/maven-artifacts/poms/checkerPom.xml b/maven-artifacts/poms/checkerPom.xml
index 4fde4c4d252..3c824b3e04c 100644
--- a/maven-artifacts/poms/checkerPom.xml
+++ b/maven-artifacts/poms/checkerPom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
     <!-- The comments in the version number are used to do a text substitution. Don't remove them.
          See checker-framework/bin/poms/updateVersion.sh -->
-    <version><!-- checker-framework-version -->2.7.0<!-- /checker-framework-version --></version>
+    <version><!-- checker-framework-version -->2.8.0<!-- /checker-framework-version --></version>
 
     <distributionManagement>
         <repository>
diff --git a/maven-artifacts/poms/checkerQualAndroidPom.xml b/maven-artifacts/poms/checkerQualAndroidPom.xml
index 50520f7765c..426fa87df52 100644
--- a/maven-artifacts/poms/checkerQualAndroidPom.xml
+++ b/maven-artifacts/poms/checkerQualAndroidPom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
     <!-- Note: It's important that this is the first <version/> element to appear in this document (by line)
          Because there is a simple logic in the release script to replace the version number of pom files -->
-    <version><!-- checker-framework-version -->2.7.0<!-- /checker-framework-version --></version>
+    <version><!-- checker-framework-version -->2.8.0<!-- /checker-framework-version --></version>
 
     <distributionManagement>
         <repository>
diff --git a/maven-artifacts/poms/checkerQualPom.xml b/maven-artifacts/poms/checkerQualPom.xml
index 3831c78e344..b7d74a8bbce 100644
--- a/maven-artifacts/poms/checkerQualPom.xml
+++ b/maven-artifacts/poms/checkerQualPom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
     <!-- Note: It's important that this is the first <version/> element to appear in this document (by line)
          Because there is a simple logic in the release script to replace the version number of pom files -->
-    <version><!-- checker-framework-version -->2.7.0<!-- /checker-framework-version --></version>
+    <version><!-- checker-framework-version -->2.8.0<!-- /checker-framework-version --></version>
 
     <distributionManagement>
         <repository>
diff --git a/maven-artifacts/poms/dataflowPom.xml b/maven-artifacts/poms/dataflowPom.xml
index 14e9626c12f..f9c01cd19b3 100644
--- a/maven-artifacts/poms/dataflowPom.xml
+++ b/maven-artifacts/poms/dataflowPom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
     <!-- The comments in the version number are used to do a text substitution. Don't remove them.
          See checker-framework/bin/poms/updateVersion.sh -->
-    <version><!-- checker-framework-version -->2.7.0<!-- /checker-framework-version --></version>
+    <version><!-- checker-framework-version -->2.8.0<!-- /checker-framework-version --></version>
 
     <distributionManagement>
         <repository>
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.checkerframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>javacutil</artifactId>
-            <version><!-- checker-framework-version -->2.7.0<!-- /checker-framework-version --></version>
+            <version><!-- checker-framework-version -->2.8.0<!-- /checker-framework-version --></version>
             <type>jar</type>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/maven-artifacts/poms/frameworktestPom.xml b/maven-artifacts/poms/frameworktestPom.xml
index 33deebce4a6..3b8bee2aee8 100644
--- a/maven-artifacts/poms/frameworktestPom.xml
+++ b/maven-artifacts/poms/frameworktestPom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
     <!-- The comments in the version number are used to do a text substitution. Don't remove them.
          See checker-framework/bin/poms/updateVersion.sh -->
-    <version><!-- checker-framework-version -->2.7.0<!-- /checker-framework-version --></version>
+    <version><!-- checker-framework-version -->2.8.0<!-- /checker-framework-version --></version>
 
     <distributionManagement>
         <repository>
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.checkerframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>javacutil</artifactId>
-            <version><!-- checker-framework-version -->2.7.0<!-- /checker-framework-version --></version>
+            <version><!-- checker-framework-version -->2.8.0<!-- /checker-framework-version --></version>
             <type>jar</type>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/maven-artifacts/poms/javacutilPom.xml b/maven-artifacts/poms/javacutilPom.xml
index fc6467aa01f..d3d42f067e2 100644
--- a/maven-artifacts/poms/javacutilPom.xml
+++ b/maven-artifacts/poms/javacutilPom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
     <!-- The comments in the version number are used to do a text substitution. Don't remove them.
          See checker-framework/bin/poms/updateVersion.sh -->
-    <version><!-- checker-framework-version -->2.7.0<!-- /checker-framework-version --></version>
+    <version><!-- checker-framework-version -->2.8.0<!-- /checker-framework-version --></version>
 
     <distributionManagement>
         <repository>
diff --git a/maven-artifacts/poms/jdk8Pom.xml b/maven-artifacts/poms/jdk8Pom.xml
index 5c9abac41f5..28e1b9c5c95 100644
--- a/maven-artifacts/poms/jdk8Pom.xml
+++ b/maven-artifacts/poms/jdk8Pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
     <!-- The comments in the version number are used to do a text substitution. Don't remove them.
          See checker-framework/bin/poms/updateVersion.sh -->
-    <version><!-- checker-framework-version -->2.7.0<!-- /checker-framework-version --></version>
+    <version><!-- checker-framework-version -->2.8.0<!-- /checker-framework-version --></version>
 
     <distributionManagement>
         <repository>
diff --git a/maven-artifacts/release/checkerQualAndroidReleasePom.xml b/maven-artifacts/release/checkerQualAndroidReleasePom.xml
index c5397d4f30e..734c5230b50 100644
--- a/maven-artifacts/release/checkerQualAndroidReleasePom.xml
+++ b/maven-artifacts/release/checkerQualAndroidReleasePom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
     <!-- The comments in the version number are used to do a text substitution. Don't remove them.
          See checker-framework/bin/poms/updateVersion.sh -->
-    <version><!-- checker-framework-version -->2.7.0<!-- /checker-framework-version --></version>
+    <version><!-- checker-framework-version -->2.8.0<!-- /checker-framework-version --></version>
 
     <scm>
         <url>https://github.com/typetools/checker-framework.git</url>
diff --git a/maven-artifacts/release/checkerQualReleasePom.xml b/maven-artifacts/release/checkerQualReleasePom.xml
index 6d391b9ce7c..f0974d45eb1 100644
--- a/maven-artifacts/release/checkerQualReleasePom.xml
+++ b/maven-artifacts/release/checkerQualReleasePom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
     <!-- The comments in the version number are used to do a text substitution. Don't remove them.
          See checker-framework/bin/poms/updateVersion.sh -->
-    <version><!-- checker-framework-version -->2.7.0<!-- /checker-framework-version --></version>
+    <version><!-- checker-framework-version -->2.8.0<!-- /checker-framework-version --></version>
 
     <scm>
         <url>https://github.com/typetools/checker-framework.git</url>
diff --git a/maven-artifacts/release/checkerReleasePom.xml b/maven-artifacts/release/checkerReleasePom.xml
index eadef05a4d3..c67a75ac3ad 100644
--- a/maven-artifacts/release/checkerReleasePom.xml
+++ b/maven-artifacts/release/checkerReleasePom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
     <!-- The comments in the version number are used to do a text substitution. Don't remove them.
          See checker-framework/bin/poms/updateVersion.sh -->
-    <version><!-- checker-framework-version -->2.7.0<!-- /checker-framework-version --></version>
+    <version><!-- checker-framework-version -->2.8.0<!-- /checker-framework-version --></version>
 
     <scm>
         <url>https://github.com/typetools/checker-framework.git</url>
diff --git a/maven-artifacts/release/dataflowReleasePom.xml b/maven-artifacts/release/dataflowReleasePom.xml
index 11a6a8fb739..6bba29759c6 100644
--- a/maven-artifacts/release/dataflowReleasePom.xml
+++ b/maven-artifacts/release/dataflowReleasePom.xml
@@ -31,20 +31,20 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.checkerframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>checker-qual</artifactId>
-            <version><!-- checker-framework-version -->2.7.0<!-- /checker-framework-version --></version>
+            <version><!-- checker-framework-version -->2.8.0<!-- /checker-framework-version --></version>
             <type>jar</type>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.checkerframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>javacutil</artifactId>
-            <version><!-- checker-framework-version -->2.7.0<!-- /checker-framework-version --></version>
+            <version><!-- checker-framework-version -->2.8.0<!-- /checker-framework-version --></version>
             <type>jar</type>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <!-- The comments in the version number are used to do a text substitution. Don't remove them.
          See checker-framework/bin/poms/updateVersion.sh -->
-    <version><!-- checker-framework-version -->2.7.0<!-- /checker-framework-version --></version>
+    <version><!-- checker-framework-version -->2.8.0<!-- /checker-framework-version --></version>
 
     <scm>
         <url>https://github.com/typetools/checker-framework.git</url>
diff --git a/maven-artifacts/release/frameworktestReleasePom.xml b/maven-artifacts/release/frameworktestReleasePom.xml
index 4fc2515ebd3..2fd5a67cb43 100644
--- a/maven-artifacts/release/frameworktestReleasePom.xml
+++ b/maven-artifacts/release/frameworktestReleasePom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.checkerframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>javacutil</artifactId>
-            <version><!-- checker-framework-version -->2.7.0<!-- /checker-framework-version --></version>
+            <version><!-- checker-framework-version -->2.8.0<!-- /checker-framework-version --></version>
             <type>jar</type>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
     <!-- The comments in the version number are used to do a text substitution. Don't remove them.
          See checker-framework/bin/poms/updateVersion.sh -->
-    <version><!-- checker-framework-version -->2.7.0<!-- /checker-framework-version --></version>
+    <version><!-- checker-framework-version -->2.8.0<!-- /checker-framework-version --></version>
 
     <scm>
         <url>https://github.com/typetools/checker-framework.git</url>
diff --git a/maven-artifacts/release/javacutilReleasePom.xml b/maven-artifacts/release/javacutilReleasePom.xml
index b6f3a13f001..8d4e68aa237 100644
--- a/maven-artifacts/release/javacutilReleasePom.xml
+++ b/maven-artifacts/release/javacutilReleasePom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.checkerframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>checker-qual</artifactId>
-            <version><!-- checker-framework-version -->2.7.0<!-- /checker-framework-version --></version>
+            <version><!-- checker-framework-version -->2.8.0<!-- /checker-framework-version --></version>
             <type>jar</type>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 
     <!-- The comments in the version number are used to do a text substitution. Don't remove them.
          See checker-framework/bin/poms/updateVersion.sh -->
-    <version><!-- checker-framework-version -->2.7.0<!-- /checker-framework-version --></version>
+    <version><!-- checker-framework-version -->2.8.0<!-- /checker-framework-version --></version>
 
     <scm>
         <url>https://github.com/typetools/checker-framework.git</url>
diff --git a/maven-artifacts/release/jdk8ReleasePom.xml b/maven-artifacts/release/jdk8ReleasePom.xml
index e5e18784fa1..80b186d389f 100644
--- a/maven-artifacts/release/jdk8ReleasePom.xml
+++ b/maven-artifacts/release/jdk8ReleasePom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
     <!-- The comments in the version number are used to do a text substitution. Don't remove them.
          See checker-framework/bin/poms/updateVersion.sh -->
-    <version><!-- checker-framework-version -->2.7.0<!-- /checker-framework-version --></version>
+    <version><!-- checker-framework-version -->2.8.0<!-- /checker-framework-version --></version>
 
     <scm>
         <url>https://github.com/typetools/checker-framework.git</url>