diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e95ecc368..caaaf5840 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-<?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">
+<?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>
 
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data.build</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.4.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.4.0.RC1</version>
 		<relativePath>../spring-data-build/parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<project.type>multi</project.type>
 		<dist.id>spring-data-cassandra</dist.id>
-		<springdata.commons>1.8.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</springdata.commons>
+		<springdata.commons>1.8.0.RC1</springdata.commons>
 		<cassandra-unit.version>2.0.2.1</cassandra-unit.version>
 		<cassandra-driver-dse.version>2.0.1</cassandra-driver-dse.version>
 		<el.version>1.0</el.version>
@@ -203,8 +202,8 @@
 
 	<repositories>
 		<repository>
-			<id>spring-libs-snapshot</id>
-			<url>http://repo.spring.io/libs-snapshot</url>
+			<id>spring-libs-milestone</id>
+			<url>http://repo.spring.io/libs-milestone</url>
 		</repository>
 	</repositories>
 
diff --git a/src/docbkx/index.xml b/src/docbkx/index.xml
index 93b25cbde..9edca90e2 100644
--- a/src/docbkx/index.xml
+++ b/src/docbkx/index.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     <xi:include href="introduction/introduction.xml"/>
     <xi:include href="introduction/requirements.xml"/>
     <xi:include href="introduction/getting-started.xml"/>
-    <xi:include href="https://raw.github.com/spring-projects/spring-data-commons/1.8.0.M1/src/docbkx/repositories.xml">
+    <xi:include href="https://raw.github.com/spring-projects/spring-data-commons/1.8.0.RC1/src/docbkx/repositories.xml">
       <xi:fallback href="../../../spring-data-commons/src/docbkx/repositories.xml" />
     </xi:include>
   </part>
@@ -69,10 +69,10 @@
   <part id="appendix">
     <title>Appendix</title>
 
-    <xi:include href="https://raw.github.com/spring-projects/spring-data-commons/1.8.0.M1/src/docbkx/repository-namespace-reference.xml">
+    <xi:include href="https://raw.github.com/spring-projects/spring-data-commons/1.8.0.RC1/src/docbkx/repository-namespace-reference.xml">
     	<xi:fallback href="../../../spring-data-commons/src/docbkx/repository-namespace-reference.xml" />
     </xi:include>
-    <xi:include href="https://raw.github.com/spring-projects/spring-data-commons/1.8.0.M1/src/docbkx/repository-query-keywords-reference.xml">
+    <xi:include href="https://raw.github.com/spring-projects/spring-data-commons/1.8.0.RC1/src/docbkx/repository-query-keywords-reference.xml">
     	<xi:fallback href="../../../spring-data-commons/src/docbkx/repository-query-keywords-reference.xml" />
     </xi:include>
   </part>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/notice.txt b/src/main/resources/notice.txt
index 704042b4a..2be4c02cb 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/notice.txt
+++ b/src/main/resources/notice.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Spring Data Cassandra 1.0.0.M1
+Spring Data Cassandra 1.0 RC1
 Copyright (c) [2010-2014] Pivotal Software, Inc.
 
 This product is licensed to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License").
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ You may not use this product except in compliance with the License.
 This product may include a number of subcomponents with
 separate copyright notices and license terms. Your use of the source
 code for the these subcomponents is subject to the terms and
-conditions of the subcomponent's license, as noted in the LICENSE file.
\ No newline at end of file
+conditions of the subcomponent's license, as noted in the LICENSE file.