diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index 155660523..2c8936749 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ If not set (the default), it effectively has the same value as `enableDlq`, auto
 Default: not set.
 resetOffsets::
 Whether to reset offsets on the consumer to the value provided by startOffset.
+Must be false if a `KafkaRebalanceListener` is provided; see <<rebalance-listener>>.
 +
 Default: `false`.
 startOffset::
@@ -531,6 +532,57 @@ public void in(@Header(KafkaHeaders.RECEIVED_MESSAGE_KEY) byte[] key,
 ----
 ====
 
+[[rebalance-listener]]
+== Using a KafkaRebalanceListener
+
+Applications may wish to seek topics/partitions to arbitrary offsets when the partitions are initially assigned, or perform other operations on the consumer.
+Starting with version 2.1, if you provide a single `KafkaRebalanceListener` bean in the application context, it will be wired into all Kafka consumer bindings.
+
+====
+[source, java]
+----
+public interface KafkaBindingRebalanceListener {
+
+	/**
+	 * Invoked by the container before any pending offsets are committed.
+	 * @param bindingName the name of the binding.
+	 * @param consumer the consumer.
+	 * @param partitions the partitions.
+	 */
+	default void onPartitionsRevokedBeforeCommit(String bindingName, Consumer<?, ?> consumer,
+			Collection<TopicPartition> partitions) {
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Invoked by the container after any pending offsets are committed.
+	 * @param bindingName the name of the binding.
+	 * @param consumer the consumer.
+	 * @param partitions the partitions.
+	 */
+	default void onPartitionsRevokedAfterCommit(String bindingName, Consumer<?, ?> consumer, Collection<TopicPartition> partitions) {
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Invoked when partitions are initially assigned or after a rebalance.
+	 * Applications might only want to perform seek operations on an initial assignment.
+	 * @param bindingName the name of the binding.
+	 * @param consumer the consumer.
+	 * @param partitions the partitions.
+	 * @param initial true if this is the initial assignment.
+	 */
+	default void onPartitionsAssigned(String bindingName, Consumer<?, ?> consumer, Collection<TopicPartition> partitions,
+			boolean initial) {
+
+	}
+
+}
+----
+====
+
+You cannot set the `resetOffsets` consumer property to `true` when you provide a rebalance listener.
+
 = Appendices
 [appendix]
 [[building]]
diff --git a/docs/pom.xml b/docs/pom.xml
index 42e3c7272..3b659152d 100644
--- a/docs/pom.xml
+++ b/docs/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.1.0.RC2</version>
 	</parent>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<name>spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-docs</name>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 320947bd8..907857f68 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-stream-binder-kafka-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.RC1</version>
+		<version>2.1.0.RC2</version>
 		<relativePath />
 	</parent>
 	<properties>
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 		<spring-kafka.version>2.2.0.RELEASE</spring-kafka.version>
 		<spring-integration-kafka.version>3.1.0.RELEASE</spring-integration-kafka.version>
 		<kafka.version>2.0.0</kafka.version>
-		<spring-cloud-stream.version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-cloud-stream.version>
+		<spring-cloud-stream.version>2.1.0.RC2</spring-cloud-stream.version>
 	</properties>
 	<modules>
 		<module>spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka</module>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-starter-stream-kafka/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-starter-stream-kafka/pom.xml
index 201bf41dd..ce65dbc57 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-starter-stream-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-starter-stream-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.1.0.RC2</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-stream-kafka</artifactId>
 	<description>Spring Cloud Starter Stream Kafka</description>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-core/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-core/pom.xml
index 691e24a6c..2e5a7fcf7 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-core/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-core/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.1.0.RC2</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-core</artifactId>
 	<description>Spring Cloud Stream Kafka Binder Core</description>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-streams/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-streams/pom.xml
index c2be860b0..356580c0b 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-streams/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-streams/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.1.0.RC2</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<properties>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/pom.xml
index 6fe82ddf0..30a4e10e4 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.1.0.RC2</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<dependencies>