diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c40ad2d..5d12bc4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@
     <properties>
         <keystore>target/keystore</keystore>
         <netbeans.release.version>RELEASE200</netbeans.release.version>
-        <next.version>1.7</next.version>
+        <next.version>1.8</next.version>
         <git.url>https://github.com/albilu/netbeansPython</git.url>
         <git.link>https://github.com/albilu/netbeansPython.git</git.link>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
diff --git a/ppuc/13/updates.xml b/ppuc/13/updates.xml
index 22d623a..a480b21 100644
--- a/ppuc/13/updates.xml
+++ b/ppuc/13/updates.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><!DOCTYPE module_updates PUBLIC "-//NetBeans//DTD Autoupdate Catalog 2.8//EN" "http://www.netbeans.org/dtds/autoupdate-catalog-2_8.dtd">
-<module_updates timestamp="00/00/00/05/01/2024">
-    <module codenamebase="io.github.albilu.python" distribution="https://github.com/albilu/netbeansPython/releases/download/1.7/python-RELEASE130-1.7.nbm" downloadsize="133405377" homepage="https://github.com/albilu/netbeansPython" moduleauthor="albilu" needsrestart="true" releasedate="2024/01/05">
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+<module_updates timestamp="00/00/00/09/01/2024">
+    <module codenamebase="io.github.albilu.python" distribution="https://github.com/albilu/netbeansPython/releases/download/1.8/python-RELEASE130-1.8.nbm" downloadsize="133405377" homepage="https://github.com/albilu/netbeansPython" moduleauthor="albilu" needsrestart="true" releasedate="2024/01/09">
+        <manifest OpenIDE-Module="io.github.albilu.python" AutoUpdate-Show-In-Client="true" OpenIDE-Module-Display-Category="Editing" OpenIDE-Module-Implementation-Version="RELEASE130-1.8" OpenIDE-Module-Name="Python" OpenIDE-Module-Requires="org.openide.windows.WindowManager" OpenIDE-Module-Short-Description="Netbeans Support for Python" OpenIDE-Module-Specification-Version="1.8"/>
     </module>
 </module_updates>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ppuc/14/updates.xml b/ppuc/14/updates.xml
index b641f89..46762a5 100644
--- a/ppuc/14/updates.xml
+++ b/ppuc/14/updates.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><!DOCTYPE module_updates PUBLIC "-//NetBeans//DTD Autoupdate Catalog 2.8//EN" "http://www.netbeans.org/dtds/autoupdate-catalog-2_8.dtd">
-<module_updates timestamp="00/00/00/05/01/2024">
-    <module codenamebase="io.github.albilu.python" distribution="https://github.com/albilu/netbeansPython/releases/download/1.7/python-RELEASE140-1.7.nbm" downloadsize="133405377" homepage="https://github.com/albilu/netbeansPython" moduleauthor="albilu" needsrestart="true" releasedate="2024/01/05">
-        <manifest OpenIDE-Module="io.github.albilu.python" AutoUpdate-Show-In-Client="true" OpenIDE-Module-Display-Category="Editing" OpenIDE-Module-Implementation-Version="RELEASE140-1.7" OpenIDE-Module-Name="Python" OpenIDE-Module-Requires="org.openide.windows.WindowManager" OpenIDE-Module-Short-Description="Netbeans Support for Python" OpenIDE-Module-Specification-Version="1.7"/>
+<module_updates timestamp="00/00/00/09/01/2024">
+    <module codenamebase="io.github.albilu.python" distribution="https://github.com/albilu/netbeansPython/releases/download/1.8/python-RELEASE140-1.8.nbm" downloadsize="133405377" homepage="https://github.com/albilu/netbeansPython" moduleauthor="albilu" needsrestart="true" releasedate="2024/01/09">
+        <manifest OpenIDE-Module="io.github.albilu.python" AutoUpdate-Show-In-Client="true" OpenIDE-Module-Display-Category="Editing" OpenIDE-Module-Implementation-Version="RELEASE140-1.8" OpenIDE-Module-Name="Python" OpenIDE-Module-Requires="org.openide.windows.WindowManager" OpenIDE-Module-Short-Description="Netbeans Support for Python" OpenIDE-Module-Specification-Version="1.8"/>
     </module>
 </module_updates>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ppuc/15/updates.xml b/ppuc/15/updates.xml
index b35231e..dccfc40 100644
--- a/ppuc/15/updates.xml
+++ b/ppuc/15/updates.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><!DOCTYPE module_updates PUBLIC "-//NetBeans//DTD Autoupdate Catalog 2.8//EN" "http://www.netbeans.org/dtds/autoupdate-catalog-2_8.dtd">
-<module_updates timestamp="00/00/00/05/01/2024">
-    <module codenamebase="io.github.albilu.python" distribution="https://github.com/albilu/netbeansPython/releases/download/1.7/python-RELEASE150-1.7.nbm" downloadsize="133405377" homepage="https://github.com/albilu/netbeansPython" moduleauthor="albilu" needsrestart="true" releasedate="2024/01/05">
-        <manifest OpenIDE-Module="io.github.albilu.python" AutoUpdate-Show-In-Client="true" OpenIDE-Module-Display-Category="Editing" OpenIDE-Module-Implementation-Version="RELEASE150-1.7" OpenIDE-Module-Name="Python" OpenIDE-Module-Requires="org.openide.windows.WindowManager" OpenIDE-Module-Short-Description="Netbeans Support for Python" OpenIDE-Module-Specification-Version="1.7"/>
+<module_updates timestamp="00/00/00/09/01/2024">
+    <module codenamebase="io.github.albilu.python" distribution="https://github.com/albilu/netbeansPython/releases/download/1.8/python-RELEASE150-1.8.nbm" downloadsize="133405377" homepage="https://github.com/albilu/netbeansPython" moduleauthor="albilu" needsrestart="true" releasedate="2024/01/09">
+        <manifest OpenIDE-Module="io.github.albilu.python" AutoUpdate-Show-In-Client="true" OpenIDE-Module-Display-Category="Editing" OpenIDE-Module-Implementation-Version="RELEASE150-1.8" OpenIDE-Module-Name="Python" OpenIDE-Module-Requires="org.openide.windows.WindowManager" OpenIDE-Module-Short-Description="Netbeans Support for Python" OpenIDE-Module-Specification-Version="1.8"/>
     </module>
 </module_updates>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ppuc/16/updates.xml b/ppuc/16/updates.xml
index 321b918..f77bcaf 100644
--- a/ppuc/16/updates.xml
+++ b/ppuc/16/updates.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><!DOCTYPE module_updates PUBLIC "-//NetBeans//DTD Autoupdate Catalog 2.8//EN" "http://www.netbeans.org/dtds/autoupdate-catalog-2_8.dtd">
-<module_updates timestamp="00/00/00/05/01/2024">
-    <module codenamebase="io.github.albilu.python" distribution="https://github.com/albilu/netbeansPython/releases/download/1.7/python-RELEASE160-1.7.nbm" downloadsize="133405377" homepage="https://github.com/albilu/netbeansPython" moduleauthor="albilu" needsrestart="true" releasedate="2024/01/05">
-        <manifest OpenIDE-Module="io.github.albilu.python" AutoUpdate-Show-In-Client="true" OpenIDE-Module-Display-Category="Editing" OpenIDE-Module-Implementation-Version="RELEASE160-1.7" OpenIDE-Module-Name="Python" OpenIDE-Module-Requires="org.openide.windows.WindowManager" OpenIDE-Module-Short-Description="Netbeans Support for Python" OpenIDE-Module-Specification-Version="1.7"/>
+<module_updates timestamp="00/00/00/09/01/2024">
+    <module codenamebase="io.github.albilu.python" distribution="https://github.com/albilu/netbeansPython/releases/download/1.8/python-RELEASE160-1.8.nbm" downloadsize="133405377" homepage="https://github.com/albilu/netbeansPython" moduleauthor="albilu" needsrestart="true" releasedate="2024/01/09">
+        <manifest OpenIDE-Module="io.github.albilu.python" AutoUpdate-Show-In-Client="true" OpenIDE-Module-Display-Category="Editing" OpenIDE-Module-Implementation-Version="RELEASE160-1.8" OpenIDE-Module-Name="Python" OpenIDE-Module-Requires="org.openide.windows.WindowManager" OpenIDE-Module-Short-Description="Netbeans Support for Python" OpenIDE-Module-Specification-Version="1.8"/>
     </module>
 </module_updates>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ppuc/17/updates.xml b/ppuc/17/updates.xml
index fde88c3..8e3ebcc 100644
--- a/ppuc/17/updates.xml
+++ b/ppuc/17/updates.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><!DOCTYPE module_updates PUBLIC "-//NetBeans//DTD Autoupdate Catalog 2.8//EN" "http://www.netbeans.org/dtds/autoupdate-catalog-2_8.dtd">
-<module_updates timestamp="00/00/00/05/01/2024">
-    <module codenamebase="io.github.albilu.python" distribution="https://github.com/albilu/netbeansPython/releases/download/1.7/python-RELEASE170-1.7.nbm" downloadsize="133405377" homepage="https://github.com/albilu/netbeansPython" moduleauthor="albilu" needsrestart="true" releasedate="2024/01/05">
-        <manifest OpenIDE-Module="io.github.albilu.python" AutoUpdate-Show-In-Client="true" OpenIDE-Module-Display-Category="Editing" OpenIDE-Module-Implementation-Version="RELEASE170-1.7" OpenIDE-Module-Name="Python" OpenIDE-Module-Requires="org.openide.windows.WindowManager" OpenIDE-Module-Short-Description="Netbeans Support for Python" OpenIDE-Module-Specification-Version="1.7"/>
+<module_updates timestamp="00/00/00/09/01/2024">
+    <module codenamebase="io.github.albilu.python" distribution="https://github.com/albilu/netbeansPython/releases/download/1.8/python-RELEASE170-1.8.nbm" downloadsize="133405377" homepage="https://github.com/albilu/netbeansPython" moduleauthor="albilu" needsrestart="true" releasedate="2024/01/09">
+        <manifest OpenIDE-Module="io.github.albilu.python" AutoUpdate-Show-In-Client="true" OpenIDE-Module-Display-Category="Editing" OpenIDE-Module-Implementation-Version="RELEASE170-1.8" OpenIDE-Module-Name="Python" OpenIDE-Module-Requires="org.openide.windows.WindowManager" OpenIDE-Module-Short-Description="Netbeans Support for Python" OpenIDE-Module-Specification-Version="1.8"/>
     </module>
 </module_updates>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ppuc/18/updates.xml b/ppuc/18/updates.xml
index c024201..d7472de 100644
--- a/ppuc/18/updates.xml
+++ b/ppuc/18/updates.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><!DOCTYPE module_updates PUBLIC "-//NetBeans//DTD Autoupdate Catalog 2.8//EN" "http://www.netbeans.org/dtds/autoupdate-catalog-2_8.dtd">
-<module_updates timestamp="00/00/00/05/01/2024">
-    <module codenamebase="io.github.albilu.python" distribution="https://github.com/albilu/netbeansPython/releases/download/1.7/python-RELEASE180-1.7.nbm" downloadsize="133405377" homepage="https://github.com/albilu/netbeansPython" moduleauthor="albilu" needsrestart="true" releasedate="2024/01/05">
-        <manifest OpenIDE-Module="io.github.albilu.python" AutoUpdate-Show-In-Client="true" OpenIDE-Module-Display-Category="Editing" OpenIDE-Module-Implementation-Version="RELEASE180-1.7" OpenIDE-Module-Name="Python" OpenIDE-Module-Requires="org.openide.windows.WindowManager" OpenIDE-Module-Short-Description="Netbeans Support for Python" OpenIDE-Module-Specification-Version="1.7"/>
+<module_updates timestamp="00/00/00/09/01/2024">
+    <module codenamebase="io.github.albilu.python" distribution="https://github.com/albilu/netbeansPython/releases/download/1.8/python-RELEASE180-1.8.nbm" downloadsize="133405377" homepage="https://github.com/albilu/netbeansPython" moduleauthor="albilu" needsrestart="true" releasedate="2024/01/09">
+        <manifest OpenIDE-Module="io.github.albilu.python" AutoUpdate-Show-In-Client="true" OpenIDE-Module-Display-Category="Editing" OpenIDE-Module-Implementation-Version="RELEASE180-1.8" OpenIDE-Module-Name="Python" OpenIDE-Module-Requires="org.openide.windows.WindowManager" OpenIDE-Module-Short-Description="Netbeans Support for Python" OpenIDE-Module-Specification-Version="1.8"/>
     </module>
 </module_updates>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ppuc/19/updates.xml b/ppuc/19/updates.xml
index b2b6791..f0d6b59 100644
--- a/ppuc/19/updates.xml
+++ b/ppuc/19/updates.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><!DOCTYPE module_updates PUBLIC "-//NetBeans//DTD Autoupdate Catalog 2.8//EN" "http://www.netbeans.org/dtds/autoupdate-catalog-2_8.dtd">
-<module_updates timestamp="00/00/00/05/01/2024">
-    <module codenamebase="io.github.albilu.python" distribution="https://github.com/albilu/netbeansPython/releases/download/1.7/python-RELEASE190-1.7.nbm" downloadsize="133405377" homepage="https://github.com/albilu/netbeansPython" moduleauthor="albilu" needsrestart="true" releasedate="2024/01/05">
-        <manifest OpenIDE-Module="io.github.albilu.python" AutoUpdate-Show-In-Client="true" OpenIDE-Module-Display-Category="Editing" OpenIDE-Module-Implementation-Version="RELEASE190-1.7" OpenIDE-Module-Name="Python" OpenIDE-Module-Requires="org.openide.windows.WindowManager" OpenIDE-Module-Short-Description="Netbeans Support for Python" OpenIDE-Module-Specification-Version="1.7"/>
+<module_updates timestamp="00/00/00/09/01/2024">
+    <module codenamebase="io.github.albilu.python" distribution="https://github.com/albilu/netbeansPython/releases/download/1.8/python-RELEASE190-1.8.nbm" downloadsize="133405377" homepage="https://github.com/albilu/netbeansPython" moduleauthor="albilu" needsrestart="true" releasedate="2024/01/09">
+        <manifest OpenIDE-Module="io.github.albilu.python" AutoUpdate-Show-In-Client="true" OpenIDE-Module-Display-Category="Editing" OpenIDE-Module-Implementation-Version="RELEASE190-1.8" OpenIDE-Module-Name="Python" OpenIDE-Module-Requires="org.openide.windows.WindowManager" OpenIDE-Module-Short-Description="Netbeans Support for Python" OpenIDE-Module-Specification-Version="1.8"/>
     </module>
 </module_updates>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ppuc/20/updates.xml b/ppuc/20/updates.xml
index 2ab5a19..455c48e 100644
--- a/ppuc/20/updates.xml
+++ b/ppuc/20/updates.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><!DOCTYPE module_updates PUBLIC "-//NetBeans//DTD Autoupdate Catalog 2.8//EN" "http://www.netbeans.org/dtds/autoupdate-catalog-2_8.dtd">
-<module_updates timestamp="00/00/00/05/01/2024">
-    <module codenamebase="io.github.albilu.python" distribution="https://github.com/albilu/netbeansPython/releases/download/1.7/python-RELEASE200-1.7.nbm" downloadsize="133405377" homepage="https://github.com/albilu/netbeansPython" moduleauthor="albilu" needsrestart="true" releasedate="2024/01/05">
-        <manifest OpenIDE-Module="io.github.albilu.python" AutoUpdate-Show-In-Client="true" OpenIDE-Module-Display-Category="Editing" OpenIDE-Module-Implementation-Version="RELEASE200-1.7" OpenIDE-Module-Name="Python" OpenIDE-Module-Requires="org.openide.windows.WindowManager" OpenIDE-Module-Short-Description="Netbeans Support for Python" OpenIDE-Module-Specification-Version="1.7"/>
+<module_updates timestamp="00/00/00/09/01/2024">
+    <module codenamebase="io.github.albilu.python" distribution="https://github.com/albilu/netbeansPython/releases/download/1.8/python-RELEASE200-1.8.nbm" downloadsize="133405377" homepage="https://github.com/albilu/netbeansPython" moduleauthor="albilu" needsrestart="true" releasedate="2024/01/09">
+        <manifest OpenIDE-Module="io.github.albilu.python" AutoUpdate-Show-In-Client="true" OpenIDE-Module-Display-Category="Editing" OpenIDE-Module-Implementation-Version="RELEASE200-1.8" OpenIDE-Module-Name="Python" OpenIDE-Module-Requires="org.openide.windows.WindowManager" OpenIDE-Module-Short-Description="Netbeans Support for Python" OpenIDE-Module-Specification-Version="1.8"/>
     </module>
 </module_updates>
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