diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 76bde355f..b7bbf3621 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
 <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>
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data.build</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.4.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.4.0.RC1</version>
 		<relativePath>../spring-data-build/parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@
 		<project.type>multi</project.type>
 		<dist.id>spring-data-rest</dist.id>
 
-		<springdata.commons>1.8.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</springdata.commons>
-		<springdata.jpa>1.6.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</springdata.jpa>
-		<springdata.mongodb>1.5.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</springdata.mongodb>
-		<springdata.neo4j>3.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</springdata.neo4j>
-		<springdata.gemfire>1.4.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</springdata.gemfire>
+		<springdata.commons>1.8.0.RC1</springdata.commons>
+		<springdata.jpa>1.6.0.RC1</springdata.jpa>
+		<springdata.mongodb>1.5.0.RC1</springdata.mongodb>
+		<springdata.neo4j>3.1.0.RC1</springdata.neo4j>
+		<springdata.gemfire>1.4.0.RC1</springdata.gemfire>
 
 		<hibernate.version>4.2.0.Final</hibernate.version>
 
@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@
 
 	<repositories>
 		<repository>
-			<id>spring-libs-snapshot</id>
-			<url>http://repo.spring.io/libs-snapshot</url>
+			<id>spring-libs-milestone</id>
+			<url>http://repo.spring.io/libs-milestone</url>
 		</repository>
 	</repositories>
 	
diff --git a/src/main/resources/notice.txt b/src/main/resources/notice.txt
index f300a5220..6d9fd4edc 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/notice.txt
+++ b/src/main/resources/notice.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Spring Data REST 2.1.0.M1
+Spring Data REST 2.1 RC1
 Copyright (c) 2012-2014 Pivotal Software, Inc.
 
 This product is licensed to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ the License.
 This product may include a number of subcomponents with separate
 copyright notices and license terms. Your use of the source code for
 these subcomponents is subject to the terms and conditions of the
-subcomponent's license, as noted in the license.txt file.
\ No newline at end of file
+subcomponent's license, as noted in the license.txt file.