diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index aacfe77ed..33b74cb4b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 	<artifactId>spring-data-neo4j</artifactId>
-	<version>7.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>7.1.0-RC1</version>
 
 	<name>Spring Data Neo4j</name>
 	<description>Next generation Object-Graph-Mapping for Spring Data.</description>