diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 09a335f48..774df9c09 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
-<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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data.build</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.6.0-M1</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<properties>
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@
 		<hibernate>5.5.3.Final</hibernate>
 		<vavr>0.10.3</vavr>
 		<hibernate.groupId>org.hibernate</hibernate.groupId>
-		<springdata.commons>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</springdata.commons>
+		<springdata.commons>2.6.0-M1</springdata.commons>
 
 		<java-module-name>spring.data.jpa</java-module-name>
 
@@ -450,8 +449,8 @@
 
 	<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 e9af3a459..e1e5caba6 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/notice.txt
+++ b/src/main/resources/notice.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Spring Data JPA 2.5 GA (2021.0.0)
+Spring Data JPA 2.6 M1 (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").
@@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ conditions of the subcomponent's license, as noted in the LICENSE file.
 
 
 
+