diff --git a/docs/pom.xml b/docs/pom.xml
index 31ca5b47..ac6eaabd 100644
--- a/docs/pom.xml
+++ b/docs/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.springframework.data.gemfire</groupId>
   <artifactId>spring-gemfire</artifactId>
-  <version>1.0.0.RC1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.0.0.RC1</version>
   <name>Spring GemFire Documentation</name>
    
   <build>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0414299d..ab373948 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.springframework.data.gemfire</groupId>
   <artifactId>spring-gemfire</artifactId>
-  <version>1.0.0.RC1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.0.0.RC1</version>
   <name>Spring GemFire Project</name>
 
   <description>Spring GemFire Integration for Java</description>
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ limitations under the License.
   </licenses>
 
   <properties>
-    <spring.version>3.0.3.RELEASE</spring.version>
+    <spring.version>3.0.5.RELEASE</spring.version>
     <junit.version>4.7</junit.version>
     
     <!-- javadoc configuration -->
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ limitations under the License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.gemstone.gemfire</groupId>
       <artifactId>gemfire</artifactId>
-      <version>6.5</version>
+      <version>6.5.1</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     
diff --git a/samples/hello-world/pom.xml b/samples/hello-world/pom.xml
index e50e7952..91944f8d 100644
--- a/samples/hello-world/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/hello-world/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>samples</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data.gemfire.samples</groupId>
-		<version>1.0.0.RC1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.0.0.RC1</version>
 		<relativePath>../</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.springframework.data.gemfire.samples</groupId>
   <artifactId>hello-world</artifactId>
-  <version>1.0.0.RC1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.0.0.RC1</version>
   <name>Spring GemFire - Hello World Sample</name>
   
   <description>A simple Hello World example illustrating the basic steps in configuring GemFire with Spring</description>
diff --git a/samples/pom.xml b/samples/pom.xml
index 83246c87..730aa10b 100644
--- a/samples/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.springframework.data.gemfire.samples</groupId>
   <artifactId>samples</artifactId>
-  <version>1.0.0.RC1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.0.0.RC1</version>
   <name>Spring GemFire Samples</name>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <url>http://www.springframework.org/spring-gemfire</url>