diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index bee3ca144..89cd1c8d9 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -62,8 +62,14 @@ For example, you can choose Gradle as your build tool instead of Maven (the defa
 +
 The value of the *Artifact* field becomes the application name.
 If you chose RabbitMQ for the middleware, your Spring Initializr should now be as follows:
-+
-image::{github-raw}/docs/src/main/asciidoc/images/spring-initializr.png[Spring Initializr]
+
+[%hardbreaks]
+[%hardbreaks]
+[%hardbreaks]
+image::{github-raw}/docs/src/main/asciidoc/images/spring-initializr.png[align="center"]
+
+[%hardbreaks]
+[%hardbreaks]
 
 . Click the *Generate Project* button.
 +
diff --git a/docs/pom.xml b/docs/pom.xml
index 43b2aa920..00f3b60da 100644
--- a/docs/pom.xml
+++ b/docs/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.1.0.RC2</version>
 	</parent>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<name>spring-cloud-stream-core-docs</name>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9a00176be..48deeb682 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
          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-stream-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.1.0.RC2</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-cloud-build</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.1.0.RC2</version>
         <relativePath/>
     </parent>
     <scm>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-test/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-test/pom.xml
index 58ddbc4ce..8b3a633ff 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-test/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-test/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.1.0.RC2</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<dependencies>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-integration-tests/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-stream-integration-tests/pom.xml
index 59eaa31e3..1a00141bf 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream-integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream-integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.1.0.RC2</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<dependencies>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-reactive/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-stream-reactive/pom.xml
index af60a8dc7..1bef42557 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream-reactive/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream-reactive/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.1.0.RC2</version>
 	</parent>
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-schema-server/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-stream-schema-server/pom.xml
index 2ba63359f..11a0c0f82 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream-schema-server/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream-schema-server/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-parent</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
-		<version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.1.0.RC2</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<dependencies>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-schema/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-stream-schema/pom.xml
index f28718ccb..96cdb73a5 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream-schema/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream-schema/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-parent</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
-		<version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.1.0.RC2</version>
 	</parent>
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-test-support-internal/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-stream-test-support-internal/pom.xml
index c10246b61..49aa0b4b1 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream-test-support-internal/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream-test-support-internal/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.1.0.RC2</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-test-support-internal</artifactId>
 	<description>Set of classes and utility code that may assist in testing both
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-test-support/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-stream-test-support/pom.xml
index b8b481609..defda690b 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream-test-support/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream-test-support/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.1.0.RC2</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-test-support</artifactId>
 	<description>A set of classes to ease testing of Spring Cloud Stream modules.</description>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-tools/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-stream-tools/pom.xml
index a22e56c9f..6ad8d6771 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream-tools/pom.xml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <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>
-    <version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.1.0.RC2</version>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-cloud-build</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.1.0.RC2</version>
         <relativePath />
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-stream/pom.xml
index 275887d6d..8a727bcb7 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.1.0.RC2</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<dependencies>