diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2985dc1b5..2f20875b2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data.build</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.3.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.3.0.RC1</version>
 		<relativePath>../spring-data-build/parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 	
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 		<hsqldb1>1.8.0.10</hsqldb1>
 		<jpa>2.0.0</jpa>
 		<openjpa>2.2.1</openjpa>
-		<springdata.commons>1.7.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</springdata.commons>
+		<springdata.commons>1.7.0.RC1</springdata.commons>
 
 		<sonar.dynamicAnalysis>reuseReports</sonar.dynamicAnalysis>
 		
@@ -422,8 +422,8 @@
 	
 	<repositories>
 		<repository>
-			<id>spring-libs-snapshot</id>
-			<url>http://repo.spring.io/libs-snapshot</url>
+			<id>spring-libs-milestone</id>
+			<url>http://repo.spring.io/libs-milestone</url>
 		</repository>
 	</repositories>
 
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 2534ca5f4..42610847d 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Download the jar though Maven:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
   <artifactId>spring-data-jpa</artifactId>
-  <version>1.4.2.RELEASE</version>
+  <version>1.4.3.RELEASE</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
diff --git a/src/docbkx/index.xml b/src/docbkx/index.xml
index 0130ff021..5c99b7c3a 100644
--- a/src/docbkx/index.xml
+++ b/src/docbkx/index.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
   <part id="reference">
     <title>Reference Documentation</title>
 
-    <xi:include href="https://raw.github.com/SpringSource/spring-data-commons/1.7.0.M1/src/docbkx/repositories.xml">
+    <xi:include href="https://raw.github.com/SpringSource/spring-data-commons/1.7.0.RC1/src/docbkx/repositories.xml">
     	<xi:fallback href="../../../spring-data-commons/src/docbkx/repositories.xml" />
     </xi:include>
 
@@ -71,10 +71,10 @@
   <part id="appendix">
     <title>Appendix</title>
 
-    <xi:include href="https://raw.github.com/SpringSource/spring-data-commons/1.7.0.M1/src/docbkx/repository-namespace-reference.xml">
+    <xi:include href="https://raw.github.com/SpringSource/spring-data-commons/1.7.0.RC1/src/docbkx/repository-namespace-reference.xml">
     	<xi:fallback href="../../../spring-data-commons/src/docbkx/repository-namespace-reference.xml" />
     </xi:include>
-    <xi:include href="https://raw.github.com/SpringSource/spring-data-commons/1.7.0.M1/src/docbkx/repository-query-keywords-reference.xml">
+    <xi:include href="https://raw.github.com/SpringSource/spring-data-commons/1.7.0.RC1/src/docbkx/repository-query-keywords-reference.xml">
     	<xi:fallback href="../../../spring-data-commons/src/docbkx/repository-query-keywords-reference.xml" />
     </xi:include>
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/changelog.txt b/src/main/resources/changelog.txt
index 01dd6d85b..315f19f27 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/changelog.txt
+++ b/src/main/resources/changelog.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,34 @@
 Spring Data JPA Changelog
 =========================
 
-Changes in version 1.5.0.M1 (2013-11-19)
+Changes in version 1.5.0.RC1 (2014-01-29)
+-----------------------------------------
+* Add Sort implementations that use JPA Metamodel API and/or QueryDsl API (DATAJPA-12)
+* Enable support to inject EntityManager via constructor (DATAJPA-445)
+* <jpa:repositories> needs explicitly given transaction manager even when there is only one tx manager (DATAJPA-410)
+* COUNT syntax error when use scalar select (select a.b, a.c from …) with paging (DATAJPA-420)
+* Sort by property of an associated object generates inner join instead of left join with QueryDsl and Hibernate (DATAJPA-427)
+* Fix incompatibilities with latest Hibernate 4.3 (CR2 currently) (DATAJPA-430)
+* Repository initialization causes transaction rollback in CDI environments (DATAJPA-442)
+* PersistenceProvider enum should also match org.hibernate.jpa.HibernateEntityManager (DATAJPA-444)
+* EntityManagerBeanDefinitionRegistrarPostProcessor doesn't find EntityManagerFactory definitions in BeanFactory hierarchy (DATAJPA-453)
+* Upgrade to EclipseLink 2.5.1 (DATAJPA-417)
+* Upgrade Hibernate 4 build to latest versions (DATAJPA-443)
+* Add contribution guidelines (DATAJPA-448)
+* Release Spring Data JPA 1.5.0.RC1 (DATAJPA-450)
+
+Changes in version 1.4.3.RELEASE (2013-12-11)
 ---------------------------------------------
+* Improved documentation on jpa:repository namespace (DATAJPA-410)
+* Fixed count projection for manual queries with projections (DATAJPA-420)
+* Guard against null predicates on query creation. (DATAJPA-405)
+* Fixed alias detection in manually defined queries using SpEL (DATAJPA-424)
+* Generate left joins for referenced associations in sort expressions (DATAJPA-427)
+* Tweaks to be compatible with Hibernate 4.3 (DATAJPA-430)
+* Release 1.4.3 (DATAJPA-434)
+
+Changes in version 1.5.0.M1 (2013-11-19)
+----------------------------------------
 * CriteriaQuery caching causes problems with Hibernate's alias name generation in multithreaded environments (DATAJPA-396)
 * Unnecessary OUTER JOIN are generated for querying one single table (DATAJPA-401)
 * Unnecessary OUTER JOIN are generated when sorting on ElementCollection (DATAJPA-403)
diff --git a/src/main/resources/notice.txt b/src/main/resources/notice.txt
index bd537bc3f..f08a8136c 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/notice.txt
+++ b/src/main/resources/notice.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Spring Data JPA 1.5.0 M1
-Copyright (c) [2011-2013] Pivotal Inc.
+Spring Data JPA 1.5.0 RC1
+Copyright (c) [2011-2014] Pivotal Inc.
 
 This product is licensed to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License").  
 You may not use this product except in compliance with the License.  
diff --git a/src/main/resources/readme.txt b/src/main/resources/readme.txt
index fcdc3d6f3..4f304d38b 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/readme.txt
+++ b/src/main/resources/readme.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-SPRING DATA JPA 1.5.0 M1 (Nov 19, 2013)
----------------------------------------
+SPRING DATA JPA 1.5.0 RC1 (Jan 29th, 2014)
+------------------------------------------
 
 Spring Data Jpa is released under the terms of the Apache Software License Version 2.0 (see license.txt).