diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index be9466b..c3dc9ba 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Manual changes to this file will be lost when it is generated again.
 Edit the files in the src/main/asciidoc/ directory instead.
 ////
 
+
 == Spring Cloud Schema Registry
 
 When organizations have a messaging based pub/sub architecture and multiple producer and consumer microservices communicate each other, it is often necessary for all those microservices to agree on a contract that is based on a schema.
@@ -103,6 +104,11 @@ 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
@@ -310,4 +316,4 @@ Go to `File` -> `Settings` -> `Other settings` -> `Checkstyle`. There click on t
 - `checkstyle.suppressions.file` - default suppressions. Please point it to the Spring Cloud Build's, `spring-cloud-build-tools/src/checkstyle/checkstyle-suppressions.xml` file either in your cloned repo or via the `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-build/master/spring-cloud-build-tools/src/checkstyle/checkstyle-suppressions.xml` URL.
 - `checkstyle.additional.suppressions.file` - this variable corresponds to suppressions in your local project. E.g. you're working on `spring-cloud-contract`. Then point to the `project-root/src/checkstyle/checkstyle-suppressions.xml` folder. Example for `spring-cloud-contract` would be: `/home/username/spring-cloud-contract/src/checkstyle/checkstyle-suppressions.xml`.
 
-IMPORTANT: Remember to set the `Scan Scope` to `All sources` since we apply checkstyle rules for production and test sources.
\ No newline at end of file
+IMPORTANT: Remember to set the `Scan Scope` to `All sources` since we apply checkstyle rules for production and test sources.
diff --git a/docs/pom.xml b/docs/pom.xml
index b2343a5..18d7f7f 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>1.0.9.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.0.9.RELEASE</version>
 	</parent>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<name>Spring Cloud Schema Registry Docs</name>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f4ae32e..e3cb7a9 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>1.0.9.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.0.9.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>3.0.9.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-cloud-stream.version>
+		<spring-cloud-stream.version>3.0.9.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 cd7a389..a0cd54d 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>1.0.9.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.0.9.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 92e0c81..83ef98f 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>1.0.9.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0.9.RELEASE</version>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-schema-registry-server/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-schema-registry-server/pom.xml
index b987c11..9ad0d86 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>1.0.9.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0.9.RELEASE</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>