diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index 46b77488f..19115ca3f 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 Spring Data Graph Changelog
 ===========================
 
+Changes in version 2.1.RELEASE (2012-10-10)
+-------------------------------------------
+* DATAGRAPH-303 Upgrade to Neo4j 1.8, Spring Data Commons 1.4.RELEASE
+* Documentation updates
+
 Changes in version 2.1.RC4 (2012-09-19)
 ---------------------------------------
 * DATAGRAPH-296 Updates to stable versions of Neo4j 1.8.RC1, spatial, cypher-dsl and java-rest-binding, adopted to API changes
diff --git a/src/docbkx/reference/neo4j-server.xml b/src/docbkx/reference/neo4j-server.xml
index bc21350c4..6c3a0d93f 100644
--- a/src/docbkx/reference/neo4j-server.xml
+++ b/src/docbkx/reference/neo4j-server.xml
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ public void foo( @Context WorldRepository repo ) {
 <dependency>
   <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
   <artifactId>spring-data-neo4j-rest</artifactId>
-  <version>2.1.0.RC3</version>
+  <version>2.1.0.RELEASE</version>
 </dependency>
 ]]></programlisting>
             </example>
diff --git a/src/docbkx/reference/setup.xml b/src/docbkx/reference/setup.xml
index 67de99f27..f869abaa1 100644
--- a/src/docbkx/reference/setup.xml
+++ b/src/docbkx/reference/setup.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <section>
            <title>Dependencies for Spring Data Neo4j Simple Mapping</title>
            <para>
-               For the simple POJO mapping it is enough to add the <code>org.springframework.data:spring-data-neo4j:2.1.0.RC3</code> dependency
+               For the simple POJO mapping it is enough to add the <code>org.springframework.data:spring-data-neo4j:2.1.0.RELEASE</code> dependency
                to your project.
            </para>
         <example>
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
             <programlisting language="xml"><![CDATA[<dependency>
 <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 <artifactId>spring-data-neo4j</artifactId>
-<version>2.1.0.RC3</version>
+<version>2.1.0.RELEASE</version>
 </dependency>
 ]]></programlisting>
         </example>
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 targetCompatibility = 1.6
 
 springVersion = "3.1.0.RELEASE"
-springDataNeo4jVersion = "2.1.0.RC3"
+springDataNeo4jVersion = "2.1.0.RELEASE"
 aspectjVersion = "1.6.12"
 
 apply from:'https://github.com/SpringSource/spring-data-neo4j/raw/master/build/
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ repositories {
                 <programlisting language="xml"><![CDATA[<dependency>
     <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
     <artifactId>spring-data-neo4j-aspects</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.0.RC3</version>
+    <version>2.1.0.RELEASE</version>
 </dependency>
 
 <dependency>
diff --git a/src/docbkx/tutorial/neo4j-server.xml b/src/docbkx/tutorial/neo4j-server.xml
index 22eccee7b..a53130fa9 100644
--- a/src/docbkx/tutorial/neo4j-server.xml
+++ b/src/docbkx/tutorial/neo4j-server.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 <dependency>
     <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
     <artifactId>spring-data-neo4j-rest</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.0.RC3</version>
+    <version>2.1.0.RELEASE</version>
 </dependency>
 ]]></programlisting>
             </example>
diff --git a/src/docbkx/tutorial/neo4j.xml b/src/docbkx/tutorial/neo4j.xml
index 9755b0e36..bbbcb44f0 100644
--- a/src/docbkx/tutorial/neo4j.xml
+++ b/src/docbkx/tutorial/neo4j.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
             <programlisting language="xml" ><![CDATA[<dependency>
     <groupId>org.neo4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>neo4j</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.M06</version>
+    <version>1.8</version>
 </dependency>
 ]]></programlisting>
         </example>
diff --git a/src/docbkx/tutorial/spring-data-neo4j-aj.xml b/src/docbkx/tutorial/spring-data-neo4j-aj.xml
index ed838e215..d1009f8e5 100644
--- a/src/docbkx/tutorial/spring-data-neo4j-aj.xml
+++ b/src/docbkx/tutorial/spring-data-neo4j-aj.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 <dependency>
   <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
   <artifactId>spring-data-neo4j-aspects</artifactId>
-  <version>2.1.0.RC3</version>
+  <version>2.1.0.RELEASE</version>
 </dependency>
 
 <dependency>
diff --git a/src/docbkx/tutorial/spring-data-neo4j.xml b/src/docbkx/tutorial/spring-data-neo4j.xml
index 17b467d47..5896f8593 100644
--- a/src/docbkx/tutorial/spring-data-neo4j.xml
+++ b/src/docbkx/tutorial/spring-data-neo4j.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
             <programlisting language="xml"><![CDATA[<dependency>
   <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
   <artifactId>spring-data-neo4j</artifactId>
-  <version>2.1.0.RC3</version>
+  <version>2.1.0.RELEASE</version>
 </dependency>]]></programlisting>
       </example>
     </para>