diff --git a/bom/pom.xml b/bom/pom.xml
index 23bcd579..14d95cb5 100644
--- a/bom/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
 <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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
@@ -22,57 +22,57 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-data-cassandra</artifactId>
-				<version>1.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+				<version>1.0.0.RC1</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-data-commons</artifactId>
-				<version>1.8.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+				<version>1.8.0.RC1</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-data-couchbase</artifactId>
-				<version>1.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+				<version>1.1.0.RC1</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-data-elasticsearch</artifactId>
-				<version>1.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+				<version>1.0.0.RC1</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-data-gemfire</artifactId>
-				<version>1.4.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+				<version>1.4.0.RC1</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-data-jpa</artifactId>
-				<version>1.6.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+				<version>1.6.0.RC1</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb</artifactId>
-				<version>1.5.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+				<version>1.5.0.RC1</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-data-neo4j</artifactId>
-				<version>3.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+				<version>3.1.0.RC1</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-data-redis</artifactId>
-				<version>1.3.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+				<version>1.3.0.RC1</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-data-rest-webmvc</artifactId>
-				<version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+				<version>2.1.0.RC1</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-data-solr</artifactId>
-				<version>1.2.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+				<version>1.2.0.RC1</version>
 			</dependency>
 		</dependencies>
 	</dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index 392e2d87..47f973be 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
 <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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
 	<!--
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
 				<dependency>
 					<groupId>org.springframework.data.build</groupId>
 					<artifactId>spring-data-build-resources</artifactId>
-					<version>1.4.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+					<version>1.4.0.RC1</version>
 					<scope>provided</scope>
 					<type>zip</type>
 				</dependency>
@@ -242,10 +242,10 @@
 									<postProcess>
 										<copy todir="${project.basedir}/target/site/reference">
 											<fileset dir="${project.basedir}/target/docbkx">
-												<include name="**/*.pdf" />
+												<include name="**/*.pdf"/>
 											</fileset>
 										</copy>
-										<move file="${project.basedir}/target/site/reference/pdf/index.pdf" tofile="${project.basedir}/target/site/reference/pdf/${dist.id}-reference.pdf" />
+										<move file="${project.basedir}/target/site/reference/pdf/index.pdf" tofile="${project.basedir}/target/site/reference/pdf/${dist.id}-reference.pdf"/>
 									</postProcess>
 								</configuration>
 							</execution>
@@ -264,15 +264,15 @@
 									<postProcess>
 										<copy todir="${project.basedir}/target/site/reference/htmlsingle">
 											<fileset dir="${project.basedir}/target/docbkx/htmlsingle">
-												<include name="**/*.html" />
+												<include name="**/*.html"/>
 											</fileset>
 										</copy>
 										<copy todir="${project.basedir}/target/site/reference/htmlsingle">
 											<fileset dir="${shared.resources}/docbkx">
-												<include name="**/*.css" />
-												<include name="**/*.png" />
-												<include name="**/*.gif" />
-												<include name="**/*.jpg" />
+												<include name="**/*.css"/>
+												<include name="**/*.png"/>
+												<include name="**/*.gif"/>
+												<include name="**/*.jpg"/>
 											</fileset>
 										</copy>
 									</postProcess>
@@ -294,15 +294,15 @@
 									<postProcess>
 										<copy todir="${project.basedir}/target/site/reference/html">
 											<fileset dir="${project.basedir}/target/docbkx/html/index">
-												<include name="**/*.html" />
+												<include name="**/*.html"/>
 											</fileset>
 										</copy>
 										<copy todir="${project.basedir}/target/site/reference/html">
 											<fileset dir="${shared.resources}/docbkx">
-												<include name="**/*.css" />
-												<include name="**/*.png" />
-												<include name="**/*.gif" />
-												<include name="**/*.jpg" />
+												<include name="**/*.css"/>
+												<include name="**/*.png"/>
+												<include name="**/*.gif"/>
+												<include name="**/*.jpg"/>
 											</fileset>
 										</copy>
 									</postProcess>
@@ -366,11 +366,11 @@
 									<target>
 										<copy todir="${shared.resources}/docbkx/images">
 											<fileset dir="${basedir}/src/docbkx" erroronmissingdir="false">
-												<include name="**/*.jpg" />
-												<include name="**/*.gif" />
-												<include name="**/*.png" />
+												<include name="**/*.jpg"/>
+												<include name="**/*.gif"/>
+												<include name="**/*.png"/>
 											</fileset>
-											<flattenmapper />
+											<flattenmapper/>
 										</copy>
 									</target>
 								</configuration>
@@ -386,9 +386,9 @@
 									<target>
 										<copy todir="${project.build.directory}/schemas">
 											<fileset dir="${basedir}" erroronmissingdir="false">
-												<include name="**/src/main/resources/**/config/spring-*.xsd" />
+												<include name="**/src/main/resources/**/config/spring-*.xsd"/>
 											</fileset>
-											<flattenmapper />
+											<flattenmapper/>
 										</copy>
 									</target>
 								</configuration>
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@
 								<configuration>
 									<target>
 										<ant antfile="${shared.resources}/ant/upload-dist.xml">
-											<target name="upload-distribution" />
+											<target name="upload-distribution"/>
 										</ant>
 									</target>
 									<failOnError>false</failOnError>