diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index 213e253..6f74f88 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -68,9 +68,23 @@ the `.mvn` configuration, so if you find you have to do it to make a
 build succeed, please raise a ticket to get the settings added to
 source control.
 
-The projects that require middleware (i.e. Redis) for testing generally
-require that a local instance of [Docker](https://www.docker.com/get-started) is installed and running.
+For hints on how to build the project look in `.travis.yml` if there
+is one. There should be a "script" and maybe "install" command. Also
+look at the "services" section to see if any services need to be
+running locally (e.g. mongo or rabbit).  Ignore the git-related bits
+that you might find in "before_install" since they're related to setting git
+credentials and you already have those.
 
+The projects that require middleware generally include a
+`docker-compose.yml`, so consider using
+https://docs.docker.com/compose/[Docker Compose] to run the middeware servers
+in Docker containers. See the README in the
+https://github.com/spring-cloud-samples/scripts[scripts demo
+repository] for specific instructions about the common cases of mongo,
+rabbit and redis.
+
+NOTE: If all else fails, build with the command from `.travis.yml` (usually
+`./mvnw install`).
 
 === Documentation
 
diff --git a/docs/pom.xml b/docs/pom.xml
index ea4f764..affda8d 100644
--- a/docs/pom.xml
+++ b/docs/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-schema-registry-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.2.0-M2</version>
+		<version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<name>Spring Cloud Schema Registry Docs</name>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ddd9228..a2301d2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 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>1.2.0-M2</version>
+	<version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-build</artifactId>
-		<version>3.1.0-M2</version>
+		<version>3.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath />
 	</parent>
 	<scm>
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 	</scm>
 	<properties>
 		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
-		<spring-cloud-stream.version>3.2.0-M2</spring-cloud-stream.version>
+		<spring-cloud-stream.version>3.2.0-SNAPSHOT</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 4c6e069..12c487f 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-schema-registry-client/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-schema-registry-client/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-schema-registry-parent</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
-		<version>1.2.0-M2</version>
+		<version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</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 2c2ae4a..e8133d3 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-schema-registry-core/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-schema-registry-core/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>spring-cloud-schema-registry-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
-        <version>1.2.0-M2</version>
+        <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-schema-registry-server/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-schema-registry-server/pom.xml
index a0ea22e..baad1c3 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-schema-registry-server/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-schema-registry-server/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>spring-cloud-schema-registry-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
-        <version>1.2.0-M2</version>
+        <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>