diff --git a/bom/pom.xml b/bom/pom.xml
index d3f8b40a..a944357a 100644
--- a/bom/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/pom.xml
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<?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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 	<artifactId>spring-data-releasetrain</artifactId>
-	<version>Evans-BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>Evans-RC1</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data.build</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-build</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.5.0.RC1</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<name>Spring Data Release Train - BOM</name>
diff --git a/java8/pom.xml b/java8/pom.xml
index 35726add..b318afff 100644
--- a/java8/pom.xml
+++ b/java8/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data.build</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-build</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.5.0.RC1</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<name>Spring Data Build - Java 8 Stubs</name>
diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index a2242d09..1e5b06a2 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<?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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
 	<!--
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data.build</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-build</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.5.0.RC1</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
@@ -243,10 +243,10 @@
 									<postProcess>
 										<copy todir="${project.build.directory}/site/reference">
 											<fileset dir="${project.build.directory}/docbkx">
-												<include name="**/*.pdf"/>
+												<include name="**/*.pdf" />
 											</fileset>
 										</copy>
-										<move file="${project.build.directory}/site/reference/pdf/index.pdf" tofile="${project.basedir}/target/site/reference/pdf/${dist.id}-reference.pdf"/>
+										<move file="${project.build.directory}/site/reference/pdf/index.pdf" tofile="${project.basedir}/target/site/reference/pdf/${dist.id}-reference.pdf" />
 									</postProcess>
 								</configuration>
 							</execution>
@@ -266,15 +266,15 @@
 									<postProcess>
 										<copy todir="${project.build.directory}/site/reference/html">
 											<fileset dir="${project.build.directory}/docbkx/html/index">
-												<include name="**/*.html"/>
+												<include name="**/*.html" />
 											</fileset>
 										</copy>
 										<copy todir="${project.build.directory}/site/reference/html">
 											<fileset dir="${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>
@@ -333,17 +333,17 @@
 									<target>
 										<copy todir="${project.root}/target/site/reference/html">
 											<fileset dir="${shared.resources}/asciidoc" erroronmissingdir="false">
-												<include name="**/*.css"/>
+												<include name="**/*.css" />
 											</fileset>
-											<flattenmapper/>
+											<flattenmapper />
 										</copy>
 										<copy todir="${project.root}/target/site/reference/html/images">
 											<fileset dir="${basedir}/src/main/asciidoc" erroronmissingdir="false">
-												<include name="**/*.png"/>
-												<include name="**/*.gif"/>
-												<include name="**/*.jpg"/>
+												<include name="**/*.png" />
+												<include name="**/*.gif" />
+												<include name="**/*.jpg" />
 											</fileset>
-											<flattenmapper/>
+											<flattenmapper />
 										</copy>
 									</target>
 								</configuration>
@@ -359,11 +359,11 @@
 									<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>
@@ -379,9 +379,9 @@
 									<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>
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@
 								<configuration>
 									<target>
 										<ant antfile="${shared.resources}/ant/upload-dist.xml">
-											<target name="upload-distribution"/>
+											<target name="upload-distribution" />
 										</ant>
 									</target>
 									<failOnError>false</failOnError>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bd14dd82..21280d83 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>org.springframework.data.build</groupId>
 	<artifactId>spring-data-build</artifactId>
-	<version>1.5.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.5.0.RC1</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 
 	<name>Spring Data Build</name>
diff --git a/resources/pom.xml b/resources/pom.xml
index 9eba420f..2e0ee606 100644
--- a/resources/pom.xml
+++ b/resources/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data.build</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-build</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.5.0.RC1</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>