diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index 4bace665..5fd5e539 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -284,6 +284,11 @@ https://eclipse.org[Eclipse] when working with the code. We use the
 https://eclipse.org/m2e/[m2eclipse] eclipse plugin for maven support. Other IDEs and tools
 should also work without issue as long as they use Maven 3.3.3 or better.
 
+==== Activate the Spring Maven profile
+Spring Cloud projects require the 'spring' Maven profile to be activated to resolve
+the spring milestone and snapshot repositories. Use your preferred IDE to set this
+profile to be active, or you may experience build errors.
+
 ==== Importing into eclipse with m2eclipse
 We recommend the https://eclipse.org/m2e/[m2eclipse] eclipse plugin when working with
 eclipse. If you don't already have m2eclipse installed it is available from the "eclipse
diff --git a/docs/pom.xml b/docs/pom.xml
index a96cec69..517affb2 100644
--- a/docs/pom.xml
+++ b/docs/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-config</artifactId>
-		<version>2.1.9.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.1.9.RELEASE</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8dd11590..d23b2e57 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 	<artifactId>spring-cloud-config</artifactId>
-	<version>2.1.9.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.1.9.RELEASE</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<name>Spring Cloud Config</name>
 	<description>Spring Cloud Config</description>
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 	</scm>
 	<properties>
 		<bintray.package>config</bintray.package>
-		<spring-cloud-commons.version>2.1.6.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-cloud-commons.version>
+		<spring-cloud-commons.version>2.1.6.RELEASE</spring-cloud-commons.version>
 
 		<maven-checkstyle-plugin.failsOnError>true</maven-checkstyle-plugin.failsOnError>
 		<maven-checkstyle-plugin.failsOnViolation>true
diff --git a/spring-cloud-config-client/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-config-client/pom.xml
index a4aeabbd..01e1e3a4 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-config-client/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-config-client/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-config</artifactId>
-		<version>2.1.9.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.1.9.RELEASE</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-config-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-config-dependencies/pom.xml
index ff4ebe2d..f5a2b020 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-config-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-config-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-dependencies-parent</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
-		<version>2.1.11.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.1.11.RELEASE</version>
 		<relativePath/>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>spring-cloud-config-dependencies</artifactId>
-	<version>2.1.9.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.1.9.RELEASE</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<name>spring-cloud-config-dependencies</name>
 	<description>Spring Cloud Config Dependencies</description>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-config-monitor/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-config-monitor/pom.xml
index aa22c04b..bef5d39d 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-config-monitor/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-config-monitor/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-config</artifactId>
-		<version>2.1.9.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.1.9.RELEASE</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>spring-cloud-config-monitor</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-config-sample/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-config-sample/pom.xml
index c0904601..050e0007 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-config-sample/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-config-sample/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-config</artifactId>
-		<version>2.1.9.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.1.9.RELEASE</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-config-server/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-config-server/pom.xml
index 7a0f8840..5564d09a 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-config-server/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-config-server/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-config</artifactId>
-		<version>2.1.9.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.1.9.RELEASE</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-starter-config/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-starter-config/pom.xml
index b95e0724..75b34b8f 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-starter-config/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-starter-config/pom.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-config</artifactId>
-		<version>2.1.9.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.1.9.RELEASE</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-config</artifactId>
-	<version>2.1.9.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.1.9.RELEASE</version>
 	<name>spring-cloud-starter-config</name>
 	<description>Spring Cloud Starter</description>
 	<url>https://projects.spring.io/spring-cloud</url>