diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6772e8dc4..d266ee19c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data.build</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>3.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>3.5.0-RC1</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 		<hppc.version>0.5.4</hppc.version>
 		<multithreadedtc.version>1.01</multithreadedtc.version>
 		<project.type>multi</project.type>
-		<springdata.commons>3.5.0-SNAPSHOT</springdata.commons>
+		<springdata.commons>3.5.0-RC1</springdata.commons>
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencyManagement>
@@ -360,16 +360,6 @@
 	</profiles>
 
 	<repositories>
-		<repository>
-			<id>spring-snapshot</id>
-			<url>https://repo.spring.io/snapshot</url>
-			<snapshots>
-				<enabled>true</enabled>
-			</snapshots>
-			<releases>
-				<enabled>false</enabled>
-			</releases>
-		</repository>
 		<repository>
 			<id>spring-milestone</id>
 			<url>https://repo.spring.io/milestone</url>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/notice.txt b/src/main/resources/notice.txt
index 26580c445..d88a31fb4 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/notice.txt
+++ b/src/main/resources/notice.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Spring Data for Apache Cassandra 4.5 M2 (2025.0.0)
+Spring Data for Apache Cassandra 4.5 RC1 (2025.0.0)
 Copyright (c) [2010-2021] Pivotal Software, Inc.
 
 This product is licensed to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License").
@@ -38,5 +38,6 @@ conditions of the subcomponent's license, as noted in the LICENSE file.
 
 
 
+