diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 51600d6fe..53caf0630 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.springframework.security.extensions</groupId>
   <artifactId>spring-security-saml2-core</artifactId>
-  <version>1.0.5.RELEASE</version>
+  <version>1.0.8.RELEASE</version>
   <name>Spring Security SAML v2 library</name>
   <description>Spring Security SAML v2 library</description>
   <url>https://github.com/SpringSource/spring-security-saml</url>
@@ -91,13 +91,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
       <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk15on</artifactId>
-      <version>1.58</version>
+      <version>1.60</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
       <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15on</artifactId>
-      <version>1.58</version>
+      <version>1.60</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index fd45506e1..1feb0bad4 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version=1.0.8.BUILD-SNAPSHOT
+version=1.0.8.RELEASE
 maxParallelForks=1