diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 55224793..5494b764 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data.build</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.6.0-RC1</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
@@ -49,15 +49,15 @@
 		<log4j.version>2.14.0</log4j.version>
 		<multithreadedtc.version>1.01</multithreadedtc.version>
 		<snappy.version>0.4</snappy.version>
-		<springdata.commons>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</springdata.commons>
+		<springdata.commons>2.6.0-RC1</springdata.commons>
 		<spring-shell.version>1.2.0.RELEASE</spring-shell.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<repositories>
 
 		<repository>
-			<id>spring-libs-snapshot</id>
-			<url>https://repo.spring.io/libs-snapshot</url>
+			<id>spring-libs-milestone</id>
+			<url>https://repo.spring.io/libs-milestone</url>
 		</repository>
 
 		<repository>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/notice.txt b/src/main/resources/notice.txt
index dc5a6f82..3fad3845 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/notice.txt
+++ b/src/main/resources/notice.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Spring Data for Apache Geode 2.6 M3 (2021.1.0)
+Spring Data for Apache Geode 2.6 RC1 (2021.1.0)
    == NOTICE file corresponding to section 4 d of the Apache License,  ==
    == Version 2.0, for the Spring Framework distribution.              ==
    ======================================================================
@@ -40,5 +40,6 @@ Spring Data for Apache Geode 2.6 M3 (2021.1.0)
 
 
 
+