diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index 46882605..63171433 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ To get started with Vault and this guide you need a
 *NIX-like operating systems that provides:
 
 * `wget`, `openssl` and `unzip`
-* at least Java 6 and a properly configured `JAVA_HOME` environment variable
+* at least Java 8 and a properly configured `JAVA_HOME` environment variable
 
 *Install Vault*
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 95cfacd1..6bba0248 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>org.springframework.vault</groupId>
 	<artifactId>spring-vault-parent</artifactId>
-	<version>1.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
 	<name>Spring Vault</name>
 	<description>Parent project for Spring Vault</description>
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<spring.version>4.3.8.RELEASE</spring.version>
-		<java.version>1.6</java.version>
+		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
 		<project.type>multi</project.type>
 		<dist.id>spring-vault</dist.id>
 		<project.root>${basedir}</project.root>
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.vault</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-vault-dependencies</artifactId>
-				<version>1.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+				<version>2.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
 				<scope>import</scope>
 				<type>pom</type>
 			</dependency>
@@ -188,13 +188,13 @@
 				<configuration>
 					<signature>
 						<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo.signature</groupId>
-						<artifactId>java16</artifactId>
+						<artifactId>java18</artifactId>
 						<version>1.0</version>
 					</signature>
 				</configuration>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
-						<id>enforce-java-6</id>
+						<id>enforce-java-8</id>
 						<phase>test</phase>
 						<goals>
 							<goal>check</goal>
diff --git a/spring-vault-core/pom.xml b/spring-vault-core/pom.xml
index ed2272dc..34d64fde 100644
--- a/spring-vault-core/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-vault-core/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.vault</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-vault-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>spring-vault-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-vault-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-vault-dependencies/pom.xml
index 0199cfc3..6edc8fff 100644
--- a/spring-vault-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-vault-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>org.springframework.vault</groupId>
 	<artifactId>spring-vault-dependencies</artifactId>
-	<version>1.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 
 	<name>spring-vault-dependencies</name>
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.vault</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-vault-core</artifactId>
-				<version>1.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+				<version>2.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			</dependency>
 
 			<dependency>
diff --git a/spring-vault-distribution/pom.xml b/spring-vault-distribution/pom.xml
index 9d242470..e34a5aa0 100644
--- a/spring-vault-distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-vault-distribution/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.vault</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-vault-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/src/main/asciidoc/preface.adoc b/src/main/asciidoc/preface.adoc
index cf240fc3..e4aaff2c 100644
--- a/src/main/asciidoc/preface.adoc
+++ b/src/main/asciidoc/preface.adoc
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ for external services such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, Apache Cassandra, Consul, AWS a
 [[requirements]]
 == Requirements
 
-Spring Vault 1.x binaries requires JDK level 6.0 and above, and http://spring.io/docs[Spring Framework] {springVersion} and above. While we maintain Java 6 compatibility, new projects should consider using Java 8  .
+Spring Vault 1.x binaries requires JDK level 8.0 and above, and http://spring.io/docs[Spring Framework] {springVersion} and above.
 
 In terms of Vault, https://www.vaultproject.io/[Vault] at least 0.5.