diff --git a/scripts/constants.py b/scripts/constants.py
index 6c0c18af7..451952124 100644
--- a/scripts/constants.py
+++ b/scripts/constants.py
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@
 import sys
 
 # Kubernetes branch to get the OpenAPI spec from.
-KUBERNETES_BRANCH = "release-1.11"
+KUBERNETES_BRANCH = "release-1.12"
 
 # client version for packaging and releasing.
-CLIENT_VERSION = "7.0.0-snapshot"
+CLIENT_VERSION = "8.0.0-snapshot"
 
 # Name of the release package
 PACKAGE_NAME = "kubernetes"