diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 27f5fb3f0..c62f0bf1a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 	<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>
 
 	<properties>
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 		<hibernate>5.6.0.Final</hibernate>
 		<mysql-connector-java>8.0.23</mysql-connector-java>
 		<postgresql>42.2.19</postgresql>
-		<springdata.commons>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</springdata.commons>
+		<springdata.commons>2.6.0-RC1</springdata.commons>
 		<vavr>0.10.3</vavr>
 
 		<hibernate.groupId>org.hibernate</hibernate.groupId>
@@ -555,8 +555,8 @@
 
 	<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>
 	</repositories>
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/notice.txt b/src/main/resources/notice.txt
index 6e78db0fd..2132e6157 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/notice.txt
+++ b/src/main/resources/notice.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Spring Data JPA 2.6 M3 (2021.1.0)
+Spring Data JPA 2.6 RC1 (2021.1.0)
 Copyright (c) [2011-2019] Pivotal Software, Inc.
 
 This product is licensed to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License").
@@ -28,5 +28,6 @@ conditions of the subcomponent's license, as noted in the LICENSE file.
 
 
 
+