diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0e9542456..2fff58096 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data.build</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.9.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.9.0.RC1</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<properties>
 		<dist.key>DATAREDIS</dist.key>
-		<springdata.keyvalue>1.2.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</springdata.keyvalue>
+		<springdata.keyvalue>1.2.0.RC1</springdata.keyvalue>
 		<jta>1.1</jta>
 		<beanutils>1.9.2</beanutils>
 		<xstream>1.4.8</xstream>
@@ -275,8 +275,8 @@
 
 	<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 a1fce6aa2..e3aeff2bf 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/notice.txt
+++ b/src/main/resources/notice.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Spring Data Redis 1.8 M1
+Spring Data Redis 1.8 RC1
    Copyright (c) [$copyright] Pivotal Software, Inc.
 
    ========================================================================