diff --git a/jpa/java8/pom.xml b/jpa/java8/pom.xml
index 653c7884..fee4632e 100644
--- a/jpa/java8/pom.xml
+++ b/jpa/java8/pom.xml
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@
 
 	<artifactId>spring-data-jpa-java8</artifactId>
 	<name>Spring Data JPA - Java 8 specific features</name>
-	
-	<properties>
-		<spring-data-releasetrain.version>Evans-BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-data-releasetrain.version>
-	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>
 
@@ -25,17 +21,4 @@
 
 	</dependencies>
 
-	<build>
-		<plugins>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<configuration>
-					<source>1.8</source>
-					<target>1.8</target>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-		</plugins>
-	</build>
-
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/jpa/pom.xml b/jpa/pom.xml
index 4c983304..d06456db 100644
--- a/jpa/pom.xml
+++ b/jpa/pom.xml
@@ -25,11 +25,6 @@
 		<module>security</module>
 	</modules>
 
-	<properties>
-		<spring-data-jpa.version>1.6.0.RELEASE</spring-data-jpa.version>
-		<hibernate-entitymanager.version>4.3.4.Final</hibernate-entitymanager.version>
-	</properties>
-
 	<dependencies>
 
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/jpa/security/pom.xml b/jpa/security/pom.xml
index c7fb5d5e..d03dba83 100644
--- a/jpa/security/pom.xml
+++ b/jpa/security/pom.xml
@@ -11,10 +11,6 @@
 	<artifactId>spring-data-jpa-security</artifactId>
 	<name>Spring Data JPA - Spring Security integration</name>
 
-    <properties>
-        <spring-data-releasetrain.version>Evans-BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-data-releasetrain.version>
-    </properties>
-	
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
diff --git a/jpa/showcase/pom.xml b/jpa/showcase/pom.xml
index 748b5e39..8cde63b8 100644
--- a/jpa/showcase/pom.xml
+++ b/jpa/showcase/pom.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@
 
 	<profiles>
 		<profile>
+
 			<id>querydsl</id>
+
 			<activation>
 				<activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
 			</activation>
@@ -86,14 +88,6 @@
 
 			</dependencies>
 
-			<repositories>
-				<repository>
-					<id>querydsl</id>
-					<name>QueryDsl</name>
-					<url>http://source.mysema.com/maven2/releases</url>
-				</repository>
-			</repositories>
-
 			<build>
 				<plugins>
 					<plugin>
diff --git a/multi-store/pom.xml b/multi-store/pom.xml
index 44c02a93..2c0be962 100644
--- a/multi-store/pom.xml
+++ b/multi-store/pom.xml
@@ -11,10 +11,6 @@
 		<artifactId>spring-data-examples</artifactId>
 		<version>1.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
-	
-	<properties>
-		<spring-data-releasetrain.version>Evans-BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-data-releasetrain.version>
-	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>
 
@@ -27,7 +23,7 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
-		
+
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 198ac35f..55786716 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 		<querydsl.version>3.4.2</querydsl.version>
 
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+		<spring-data-releasetrain.version>Evans-RC1</spring-data-releasetrain.version>
 
 	</properties>
 
@@ -69,12 +70,19 @@
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
 				<configuration>
-					<source>1.7</source>
-					<target>1.7</target>
+					<source>1.8</source>
+					<target>1.8</target>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 
+	<repositories>
+		<repository>
+			<id>spring-libs-milestone</id>
+			<url>https://repo.spring.io/libs-milestone</url>
+		</repository>
+	</repositories>
+
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rest/multi-store/pom.xml b/rest/multi-store/pom.xml
index ab840241..adeb324a 100644
--- a/rest/multi-store/pom.xml
+++ b/rest/multi-store/pom.xml
@@ -13,11 +13,6 @@
 		<artifactId>spring-data-rest-examples</artifactId>
 		<version>1.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
-	
-	<properties>
-		<spring-data-releasetrain.version>Evans-BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-data-releasetrain.version>
-		<spring-hateoas.version>0.16.0.RELEASE</spring-hateoas.version>
-	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>