diff --git a/build-spring-ldap/project.properties b/build-spring-ldap/project.properties
index 51f6c669..59161f15 100644
--- a/build-spring-ldap/project.properties
+++ b/build-spring-ldap/project.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # configurable property values, may be locally overriden by a build.properties file
-release.version=1.2
+release.version=1.2-RC1
 
 # The location of the common build system
 common.build.dir=${basedir}/../common-build