diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b5a111f68..6a142c223 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
 	<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 	<artifactId>spring-data-rest-parent</artifactId>
-	<version>2.4.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.4.0.M1</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 
 	<name>Spring Data REST</name>
diff --git a/spring-data-rest-core/pom.xml b/spring-data-rest-core/pom.xml
index 3c1933bab..b64139f96 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-core/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-rest-core/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-rest-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.4.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.4.0.M1</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/spring-data-rest-distribution/pom.xml b/spring-data-rest-distribution/pom.xml
index 93671bedc..e7f9a4938 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-rest-distribution/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-rest-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.4.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.4.0.M1</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 	
diff --git a/spring-data-rest-hal-browser/pom.xml b/spring-data-rest-hal-browser/pom.xml
index 934d07c1c..87a73804f 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-hal-browser/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-rest-hal-browser/pom.xml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-rest-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.4.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.4.0.M1</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>spring-data-rest-hal-browser</artifactId>
 
@@ -82,8 +82,7 @@
 								<move todir="${project.build.outputDirectory}/META-INF/spring-data-rest/hal-browser">
 									<fileset dir="${project.build.directory}/hal-browser/META-INF/resources/webjars/hal-browser/${browser.version}" />
 								</move>
-								<move file="${project.build.outputDirectory}/META-INF/spring-data-rest/hal-browser/browser.html"
-									tofile="${project.build.outputDirectory}/META-INF/spring-data-rest/hal-browser/index.html" />
+								<move file="${project.build.outputDirectory}/META-INF/spring-data-rest/hal-browser/browser.html" tofile="${project.build.outputDirectory}/META-INF/spring-data-rest/hal-browser/index.html" />
 							</target>
 						</configuration>
 					</execution>
@@ -92,4 +91,4 @@
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/pom.xml b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/pom.xml
index 402ab7cea..92a670a0f 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-rest-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.4.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.4.0.M1</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>