diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c839550..a0ed105 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <groupId>org.wiremock.integrations.testcontainers</groupId>
   <artifactId>wiremock-testcontainers-module</artifactId>
   <description>Testcontainers Java module for WireMock</description>
-  <version>1.0-alpha-7</version>
+  <version>1.0-alpha-8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <licenses>
     <license>
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
     <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/wiremock/wiremock-testcontainers-java.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:https://github.com/wiremock/wiremock-testcontainers-java.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://github.com/wiremock/wiremock-testcontainers-java</url>
-    <tag>1.0-alpha-7</tag>
+    <tag>${scmTag}</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <distributionManagement>