diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b04d9356d..a00359eb3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 	<artifactId>spring-data-commons-dist</artifactId>
 	<name>Spring Data Commons Distribution</name>
-	<version>1.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.0.0.M6</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 
 	<modules>
diff --git a/spring-data-commons-core/pom.xml b/spring-data-commons-core/pom.xml
index 9b8c48dab..5d635e9c6 100644
--- a/spring-data-commons-core/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-commons-core/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
     <artifactId>spring-data-commons-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0.0.M6</version>
     <relativePath>../spring-data-commons-parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>spring-data-commons-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-data-commons-parent/pom.xml b/spring-data-commons-parent/pom.xml
index 4e243f88f..0bfd84d31 100644
--- a/spring-data-commons-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-commons-parent/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<artifactId>spring-data-commons-parent</artifactId>
 	<name>Spring Data Commons Parent</name>
 	<url>http://www.springsource.org/spring-data</url>
-	<version>1.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.0.0.M6</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
diff --git a/src/assembly/distribution.xml b/src/assembly/distribution.xml
index e217ce3ff..be2655d7c 100644
--- a/src/assembly/distribution.xml
+++ b/src/assembly/distribution.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 			<!-- adds module jars to the distribution archive under the 'dist' directory -->
 			<includes>
 				<include>org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons-core</include>
-				<include>org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons-aspects</include>
 			</includes>
 			<binaries>
 				<outputDirectory>dist</outputDirectory>
@@ -56,7 +55,6 @@
 				 see pom.xml 'maven-source-plugin' declaration -->
 			<includes>
 				<include>org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons-core</include>
-				<include>org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons-aspects</include>
 			</includes>
 			<binaries>
 				<attachmentClassifier>sources</attachmentClassifier>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/changelog.txt b/src/main/resources/changelog.txt
index 5a5a2a653..be30766a8 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/changelog.txt
+++ b/src/main/resources/changelog.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 Spring Data Commons Changelog
 =============================================
 
+Changes in version 1.0.0.M6 (2011-03-25)
+----------------------------------------
+
+General
+* extracted StateBackedCreator interface
+* added caching to AbstractConstructorEntityInstantiator
+* Use BeanUtils to instantiate objects to not enforce them to be public.
+
+
 Changes in version 1.0.0.M5 (2011-03-23)
 ----------------------------------------