diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 00a660c05..0e67ea647 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.springframework.data.build</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-data-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.1.0.RELEASE</version>
+        <version>1.1.1.RELEASE</version>
         <relativePath>../spring-data-build/parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/src/main/resources/changelog.txt b/src/main/resources/changelog.txt
index 04ddbd09c..83748556a 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/changelog.txt
+++ b/src/main/resources/changelog.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,24 @@
 Spring Data Commons Changelog
 =============================
 
+Changes in version 1.6.0.RC1 (2013-08-01)
+----------------------------------------
+** Bug
+    * [DATACMNS-343] - PageableHandlerMethodArgumentResolver should replace pagination parameters not add them
+    * [DATACMNS-345] -  AbstractMappingContext doesn't consider the actual type of property of a generic collection type. 
+
+** Improvement
+    * [DATACMNS-335] - PageableHandlerMethodArgumentResolver should allow configuring maximum page size
+    * [DATACMNS-336] - Make configuration classes backing @EnableSpringDataWebSupport public
+    * [DATACMNS-337] - PersistentProperty should expose actual type
+    * [DATACMNS-342] - Open up API in BasicPersistentEntity to support more advanced id property selection mechanisms.
+    * [DATACMNS-344] - Allow Repositories to work with non-CrudRepositories
+    * [DATACMNS-349] - Open up SPI in DefaultTypeMapper to provide a method to get the Type alias for a given TypeInformation
+    * [DATACMNS-350] - Provide access to parameter annotations in Parameter
+    
+** Task
+    * [DATACMNS-314] - Release 1.6 RC1
+
 Changes in version 1.6.0.M1 (2013-05-31)
 ----------------------------------------
 ** Bug
diff --git a/src/main/resources/notice.txt b/src/main/resources/notice.txt
index e6f916e58..d7ab290bf 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/notice.txt
+++ b/src/main/resources/notice.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Spring Data Commons 1.6
-Copyright (c) [2010-2013] SpringSource, a division of VMware, Inc.
+Spring Data Commons 1.6 RC1
+Copyright (c) [2010-2013] SpringSource, a division of Pivotal, Inc.
 
 This product is licensed to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License").  
 You may not use this product except in compliance with the License.  
diff --git a/src/main/resources/readme.txt b/src/main/resources/readme.txt
index fe1328c8c..014c79ac8 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/readme.txt
+++ b/src/main/resources/readme.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SPRING DATA Commons 1.0.0 M1 (? ? 2010)
+SPRING DATA Commons 1.6.0 RC1 (Aug 1st 2013)
 -------------------------------------------------
 
 Spring Data Commons is released under the terms of the Apache Software License Version 2.0 (see license.txt).