diff --git a/archetypes/pom.xml b/archetypes/pom.xml
index 9fc8fd04b..7f43dd60c 100644
--- a/archetypes/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
 		<artifactId>org.springframework.batch</artifactId>
-		<version>2.0.0.CI-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.0.0.RC1</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/archetypes/simple-cli/pom.xml b/archetypes/simple-cli/pom.xml
index 1f41c353b..112e1aebe 100644
--- a/archetypes/simple-cli/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/simple-cli/pom.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
 	<artifactId>org.springframework.batch.archetype.simple.cli</artifactId>
-	<version>2.0.0.CI-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.0.0.RC1</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>Commandline</name>
 	<url>http://www.springframework.org/spring-batch/archetypes/simple-cli-archetype</url>
diff --git a/build-central/pom.xml b/build-central/pom.xml
index 668c45578..567bdaf4c 100644
--- a/build-central/pom.xml
+++ b/build-central/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<artifactId>org.springframework.batch.build.central</artifactId>
@@ -12,7 +11,7 @@ Spring Batch Maven Central Build - used to build Maven artifacts for the central
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
 		<artifactId>org.springframework.batch</artifactId>
-		<version>2.0.0.CI-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.0.0.RC1</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0ea9fcb12..76572be60 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
 	<artifactId>org.springframework.batch</artifactId>
@@ -9,7 +7,7 @@
 		<!--  Use CDATA to keep it on a single line in the manifest -->
 		<![CDATA[Spring Batch provides tools for enterprise batch or bulk processing. It can be used to wire up jobs, and track	their execution, or simply as an optimization for repetitive processing in a transactional environment. Spring Batch is part of the Spring Portfolio.]]>
 	</description>
-	<version>2.0.0.CI-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.0.0.RC1</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<modules>
 		<module>spring-batch-parent</module>
@@ -23,9 +21,9 @@
 		<url>http://www.springsource.com</url>
 	</organization>
 	<scm>
-		<url>https://fisheye.springframework.org/browse/spring-batch</url>
-		<connection>scm:svn:https://src.springframework.org/svn/spring-batch/trunk</connection>
-		<developerConnection>scm:svn:https://src.springframework.org/svn/spring-batch/trunk</developerConnection>
+		<url>https://fisheye.springframework.org/browse/spring-batch/tags/2.0.0.RC1</url>
+		<connection>scm:svn:https://src.springframework.org/svn/spring-batch/tags/2.0.0.RC1</connection>
+		<developerConnection>scm:svn:https://src.springframework.org/svn/spring-batch/tags/2.0.0.RC1</developerConnection>
 	</scm>
 	<issueManagement>
 		<system>JIRA</system>
@@ -140,8 +138,7 @@
 									<imgSrcPath>src/site/docbook/reference/</imgSrcPath>
 									<admonGraphicsPath>src/docbkx/resources/images/</admonGraphicsPath>
 									<postProcess>
-										<copy file="${basedir}/target/docbkx/pdf/index.pdf" tofile="${basedir}/target/site/reference/pdf/spring-batch-docs.pdf"
-											failonerror="false" />
+										<copy file="${basedir}/target/docbkx/pdf/index.pdf" tofile="${basedir}/target/site/reference/pdf/spring-batch-docs.pdf" failonerror="false" />
 									</postProcess>
 								</configuration>
 								<phase>pre-site</phase>
@@ -197,7 +194,7 @@
 						<configuration>
 							<includes>index.xml</includes>
 							<chunkedOutput>false</chunkedOutput>
-							<draftWatermarkImage></draftWatermarkImage>
+							<draftWatermarkImage />
 							<htmlStylesheet>css/html.css</htmlStylesheet>
 							<sourceDirectory>${basedir}/src/site/docbook/reference</sourceDirectory>
 							<foCustomization>${basedir}/src/docbkx/resources/xsl/fopdf.xsl</foCustomization>
@@ -616,4 +613,4 @@
 			</snapshots>
 		</pluginRepository>
 	</pluginRepositories>
-</project>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/pom.xml b/spring-batch-core/pom.xml
index 9e40e8b6d..b67d1811b 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-core/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<artifactId>org.springframework.batch.core</artifactId>
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
 		<artifactId>org.springframework.batch.parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.0.0.CI-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.0.0.RC1</version>
 		<relativePath>../spring-batch-parent</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
@@ -163,8 +162,7 @@
 									Reference script for HSQLDB - N.B. not under source control,
 									but packagaed in jar.
 								-->
-								<vppcopy todir="${basedir}/target/generated-resources"
-									overwrite="true">
+								<vppcopy todir="${basedir}/target/generated-resources" overwrite="true">
 									<config>
 										<context>
 											<property key="includes" value="src/main/sql" />
@@ -181,8 +179,7 @@
 									Reference script for DB2 - N.B. not under source control, but
 									packagaed in jar.
 								-->
-								<vppcopy todir="${basedir}/target/generated-resources"
-									overwrite="true">
+								<vppcopy todir="${basedir}/target/generated-resources" overwrite="true">
 									<config>
 										<context>
 											<property key="includes" value="src/main/sql" />
@@ -199,8 +196,7 @@
 									Reference script for Derby - N.B. not under source control, but
 									packagaed in jar.
 								-->
-								<vppcopy todir="${basedir}/target/generated-resources"
-									overwrite="true">
+								<vppcopy todir="${basedir}/target/generated-resources" overwrite="true">
 									<config>
 										<context>
 											<property key="includes" value="src/main/sql" />
@@ -217,8 +213,7 @@
 									Reference script for Oracle - N.B. not under source control,
 									but packagaed in jar.
 								-->
-								<vppcopy todir="${basedir}/target/generated-resources"
-									overwrite="true">
+								<vppcopy todir="${basedir}/target/generated-resources" overwrite="true">
 									<config>
 										<context>
 											<property key="includes" value="src/main/sql" />
@@ -235,8 +230,7 @@
 									Reference script for PostgreSQL - N.B. not under source
 									control, but packagaed in jar.
 								-->
-								<vppcopy todir="${basedir}/target/generated-resources"
-									overwrite="true">
+								<vppcopy todir="${basedir}/target/generated-resources" overwrite="true">
 									<config>
 										<context>
 											<property key="includes" value="src/main/sql" />
@@ -253,8 +247,7 @@
 									Reference script for MySQL - N.B. not under source control, but
 									packaged in jar.
 								-->
-								<vppcopy todir="${basedir}/target/generated-resources"
-									overwrite="true">
+								<vppcopy todir="${basedir}/target/generated-resources" overwrite="true">
 									<config>
 										<context>
 											<property key="includes" value="src/main/sql" />
@@ -271,8 +264,7 @@
 									Reference script for MS SQLServer - N.B. not under source
 									control, but packaged in jar.
 								-->
-								<vppcopy todir="${basedir}/target/generated-resources"
-									overwrite="true">
+								<vppcopy todir="${basedir}/target/generated-resources" overwrite="true">
 									<config>
 										<context>
 											<property key="includes" value="src/main/sql" />
@@ -289,8 +281,7 @@
 									Reference script for Sybase - N.B. not under source control,
 									but packaged in jar.
 								-->
-								<vppcopy todir="${basedir}/target/generated-resources"
-									overwrite="true">
+								<vppcopy todir="${basedir}/target/generated-resources" overwrite="true">
 									<config>
 										<context>
 											<property key="includes" value="src/main/sql" />
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure-tests/pom.xml b/spring-batch-infrastructure-tests/pom.xml
index 57738b8c7..20c62d924 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure-tests/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<artifactId>org.springframework.batch.infrastructure.tests</artifactId>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
@@ -8,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
 		<artifactId>org.springframework.batch.parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.0.0.CI-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.0.0.RC1</version>
 		<relativePath>../spring-batch-parent</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 	<profiles>
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/pom.xml b/spring-batch-infrastructure/pom.xml
index de2191a83..05a334744 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<artifactId>org.springframework.batch.infrastructure</artifactId>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
@@ -11,7 +10,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
 		<artifactId>org.springframework.batch.parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.0.0.CI-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.0.0.RC1</version>
 		<relativePath>../spring-batch-parent</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 	<properties>
diff --git a/spring-batch-integration/pom.xml b/spring-batch-integration/pom.xml
index 1f18afb07..7e69dec98 100644
--- a/spring-batch-integration/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-integration/pom.xml
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<artifactId>org.springframework.batch.integration</artifactId>
 	<name>Enterprise Integration</name>
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
 		<artifactId>org.springframework.batch.parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.0.0.CI-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.0.0.RC1</version>
 		<relativePath>../spring-batch-parent</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 	<profiles>
diff --git a/spring-batch-parent/pom.xml b/spring-batch-parent/pom.xml
index f6c1914ae..6a3cf3123 100644
--- a/spring-batch-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-parent/pom.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
 	<artifactId>org.springframework.batch.parent</artifactId>
-	<version>2.0.0.CI-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.0.0.RC1</version>
 	<name>Spring Batch Parent</name>
 	<description>
 		Spring Batch parent project.  Defines dependencies and common configuration for the 
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/pom.xml b/spring-batch-samples/pom.xml
index 5b1c180d8..0a8d3befc 100644
--- a/spring-batch-samples/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<artifactId>org.springframework.batch.samples</artifactId>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
@@ -11,7 +10,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
 		<artifactId>org.springframework.batch.parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.0.0.CI-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.0.0.RC1</version>
 		<relativePath>../spring-batch-parent</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 	<dependencies>
@@ -242,8 +241,7 @@
 									Reference script for HSQLDB - N.B. not under source control,
 									but packagaed in jar.
 								-->
-								<vppcopy todir="${basedir}/target/generated-resources"
-									overwrite="true">
+								<vppcopy todir="${basedir}/target/generated-resources" overwrite="true">
 									<config>
 										<context>
 											<property key="includes" value="src/main/sql" />
@@ -260,8 +258,7 @@
 									Reference script for DB2 - N.B. not under source control, but
 									packagaed in jar.
 								-->
-								<vppcopy todir="${basedir}/target/generated-resources"
-									overwrite="true">
+								<vppcopy todir="${basedir}/target/generated-resources" overwrite="true">
 									<config>
 										<context>
 											<property key="includes" value="src/main/sql" />
@@ -278,8 +275,7 @@
 									Reference script for Derby - N.B. not under source control, but
 									packagaed in jar.
 								-->
-								<vppcopy todir="${basedir}/target/generated-resources"
-									overwrite="true">
+								<vppcopy todir="${basedir}/target/generated-resources" overwrite="true">
 									<config>
 										<context>
 											<property key="includes" value="src/main/sql" />
@@ -296,8 +292,7 @@
 									Reference script for Oracle - N.B. not under source control,
 									but packagaed in jar.
 								-->
-								<vppcopy todir="${basedir}/target/generated-resources"
-									overwrite="true">
+								<vppcopy todir="${basedir}/target/generated-resources" overwrite="true">
 									<config>
 										<context>
 											<property key="includes" value="src/main/sql" />
@@ -314,8 +309,7 @@
 									Reference script for PostgreSQL - N.B. not under source
 									control, but packagaed in jar.
 								-->
-								<vppcopy todir="${basedir}/target/generated-resources"
-									overwrite="true">
+								<vppcopy todir="${basedir}/target/generated-resources" overwrite="true">
 									<config>
 										<context>
 											<property key="includes" value="src/main/sql" />
@@ -332,8 +326,7 @@
 									Reference script for MySQL - N.B. not under source control, but
 									packaged in jar.
 								-->
-								<vppcopy todir="${basedir}/target/generated-resources"
-									overwrite="true">
+								<vppcopy todir="${basedir}/target/generated-resources" overwrite="true">
 									<config>
 										<context>
 											<property key="includes" value="src/main/sql" />
@@ -350,8 +343,7 @@
 									Reference script for MS SQLServer - N.B. not under source
 									control, but packaged in jar.
 								-->
-								<vppcopy todir="${basedir}/target/generated-resources"
-									overwrite="true">
+								<vppcopy todir="${basedir}/target/generated-resources" overwrite="true">
 									<config>
 										<context>
 											<property key="includes" value="src/main/sql" />
@@ -368,8 +360,7 @@
 									Reference script for Sybase - N.B. not under source control,
 									but packaged in jar.
 								-->
-								<vppcopy todir="${basedir}/target/generated-resources"
-									overwrite="true">
+								<vppcopy todir="${basedir}/target/generated-resources" overwrite="true">
 									<config>
 										<context>
 											<property key="includes" value="src/main/sql" />
diff --git a/spring-batch-test/pom.xml b/spring-batch-test/pom.xml
index 1712019e6..546b416dd 100755
--- a/spring-batch-test/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-test/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<artifactId>org.springframework.batch.test</artifactId>
@@ -11,7 +9,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
 		<artifactId>org.springframework.batch.parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.0.0.CI-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.0.0.RC1</version>
 		<relativePath>../spring-batch-parent</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
@@ -45,7 +43,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>org.springframework.test
-			</artifactId>
+			</artifactId>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>