diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b3c47581..9663998b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-<?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-couchbase</artifactId>
-  <version>1.3.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.3.0.RC1</version>
 
   <name>Spring Data Couchbase</name>
   <description>Spring Data integration for Couchbase</description>