diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0b129e0..2b1396b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 .gradle
 build
 bin
-/target/
+target
 _site/
 *.swp
 .idea
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6b2a550..ad6d99f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.springframework.integration</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spring-integration-java-dsl</artifactId>
-                <version>1.0.0.M3</version>
+                <version>1.0.0.RC1</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.springframework.integration</groupId>