diff --git a/pmd-eclipse-pmd/.classpath b/pmd-eclipse-pmd/.classpath
index 2fdc548aa1..1ce753671e 100644
--- a/pmd-eclipse-pmd/.classpath
+++ b/pmd-eclipse-pmd/.classpath
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <classpath>
 	<classpathentry kind="src" path="src"/>
-	<classpathentry exported="true" kind="lib" path="lib/pmd-1.7.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="lib/jaxen-core-1.0-fcs.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="lib/saxpath-1.0-fcs.jar"/>
+	<classpathentry exported="true" kind="lib" path="lib/pmd-1.8.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.pde.core.requiredPlugins"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="output" path="bin"/>
diff --git a/pmd-eclipse-pmd/lib/pmd-1.7.jar b/pmd-eclipse-pmd/lib/pmd-1.7.jar
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ce76b44d7..0000000000
Binary files a/pmd-eclipse-pmd/lib/pmd-1.7.jar and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/pmd-eclipse-pmd/plugin.xml b/pmd-eclipse-pmd/plugin.xml
index 961f763045..21728b7880 100644
--- a/pmd-eclipse-pmd/plugin.xml
+++ b/pmd-eclipse-pmd/plugin.xml
@@ -3,16 +3,16 @@
 <plugin
    id="net.sourceforge.pmd.core"
    name="%plugin.name"
-   version="1.7.0.v3"
+   version="1.8.0.v3"
    provider-name="%plugin.provider">
 
    <runtime>
       <library name="core.jar"/>
-      <library name="lib/pmd-1.7.jar">
-         <export name="*"/>
-      </library>
       <library name="lib/jaxen-core-1.0-fcs.jar"/>
       <library name="lib/saxpath-1.0-fcs.jar"/>
+      <library name="lib/pmd-1.8.jar">
+         <export name="*"/>
+      </library>
    </runtime>
 
    <extension