diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index be9466b..7a7071e 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -103,6 +103,11 @@ 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 be515fe..582d491 100644
--- a/docs/pom.xml
+++ b/docs/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-schema-registry-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.0.6.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.0.6.RELEASE</version>
 	</parent>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<name>Spring Cloud Schema Registry Docs</name>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f292e2e..bd10c3b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 		 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>
 	<artifactId>spring-cloud-schema-registry-parent</artifactId>
-	<version>1.0.6.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.0.6.RELEASE</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 	</scm>
 	<properties>
 		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
-		<spring-cloud-stream.version>3.0.6.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-cloud-stream.version>
+		<spring-cloud-stream.version>3.0.6.RELEASE</spring-cloud-stream.version>
 		<maven-checkstyle-plugin.failsOnError>true</maven-checkstyle-plugin.failsOnError>
 		<maven-checkstyle-plugin.failsOnViolation>true</maven-checkstyle-plugin.failsOnViolation>
 		<maven-checkstyle-plugin.includeTestSourceDirectory>true</maven-checkstyle-plugin.includeTestSourceDirectory>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-schema-registry-client/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-schema-registry-client/pom.xml
index 09f6dcf..6c4bf57 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-schema-registry-client/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-schema-registry-client/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-schema-registry-parent</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
-		<version>1.0.6.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.0.6.RELEASE</version>
 	</parent>
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-schema-registry-core/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-schema-registry-core/pom.xml
index d481ff1..f491416 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-schema-registry-core/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-schema-registry-core/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>spring-cloud-schema-registry-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
-        <version>1.0.6.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0.6.RELEASE</version>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-schema-registry-server/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-schema-registry-server/pom.xml
index 1bb6f64..3d43034 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-schema-registry-server/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-schema-registry-server/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>spring-cloud-schema-registry-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
-        <version>1.0.6.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0.6.RELEASE</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>