diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7cc143398..9b69c89de 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	
 	<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 	<artifactId>spring-data-neo4j-parent</artifactId>
-	<version>2.3.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.3.0.RC1</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 
 	<name>Spring Data Neo4j - Parent</name>
diff --git a/spring-data-neo4j-aspects/pom.xml b/spring-data-neo4j-aspects/pom.xml
index f3b1c84ac..ac89f5fd9 100644
--- a/spring-data-neo4j-aspects/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-neo4j-aspects/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-neo4j-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.3.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3.0.RC1</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
@@ -97,12 +97,12 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-data-neo4j</artifactId>
-			<version>2.3.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>2.3.0.RC1</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-data-neo4j</artifactId>
-			<version>2.3.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>2.3.0.RC1</version>
 			<type>test-jar</type>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/spring-data-neo4j-cross-store/pom.xml b/spring-data-neo4j-cross-store/pom.xml
index 43fafd4d4..e7906116f 100644
--- a/spring-data-neo4j-cross-store/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-neo4j-cross-store/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-neo4j-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.3.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3.0.RC1</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 	
@@ -52,25 +52,25 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-data-neo4j-aspects</artifactId>
-			<version>2.3.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>2.3.0.RC1</version>
 		</dependency>
 		
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-data-neo4j-tx</artifactId>
-			<version>2.3.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>2.3.0.RC1</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-data-neo4j</artifactId>
-			<version>2.3.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>2.3.0.RC1</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-data-neo4j</artifactId>
 			<type>test-jar</type>
 			<scope>test</scope>
-			<version>2.3.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>2.3.0.RC1</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 
diff --git a/spring-data-neo4j-distribution/pom.xml b/spring-data-neo4j-distribution/pom.xml
index 5252034df..4accc9e26 100644
--- a/spring-data-neo4j-distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-neo4j-distribution/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	
 	<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 	<artifactId>spring-data-neo4j-distribution</artifactId>
-	<version>2.3.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.3.0.RC1</version>
 
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-neo4j-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.3.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3.0.RC1</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 	
diff --git a/spring-data-neo4j-rest/pom.xml b/spring-data-neo4j-rest/pom.xml
index 79c43bcb6..de61830c7 100644
--- a/spring-data-neo4j-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-neo4j-rest/pom.xml
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@
 
 	<name>Spring Data Neo4j - Rest Binding</name>
 	<description>pring Data Neo4j Wrapper for the Neo4j REST API, provides a Graph Database proxy for the remote invocation.</description>
-	<version>2.3.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.3.0.RC1</version>
 
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-neo4j-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.3.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3.0.RC1</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-data-neo4j</artifactId>
-			<version>2.3.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>2.3.0.RC1</version>
 			<exclusions>
 				<exclusion>
 					<groupId>org.neo4j</groupId>
@@ -248,14 +248,14 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-data-neo4j-aspects</artifactId>
-			<version>2.3.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>2.3.0.RC1</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-data-neo4j</artifactId>
-			<version>2.3.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>2.3.0.RC1</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 			<type>test-jar</type>
 		</dependency>
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-data-neo4j-aspects</artifactId>
-			<version>2.3.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>2.3.0.RC1</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 			<type>test-jar</type>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/spring-data-neo4j-tx/pom.xml b/spring-data-neo4j-tx/pom.xml
index 8dddfce43..f77842ff3 100644
--- a/spring-data-neo4j-tx/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-neo4j-tx/pom.xml
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@
 
 	<name>Spring Data Neo4j - Transactions</name>
 	<description>External transaction manager support for Spring Data Neo4j</description>
-	<version>2.3.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.3.0.RC1</version>
 
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-neo4j-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.3.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3.0.RC1</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/spring-data-neo4j/pom.xml b/spring-data-neo4j/pom.xml
index 695707660..8eb0646d5 100644
--- a/spring-data-neo4j/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-neo4j/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-neo4j-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.3.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3.0.RC1</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>