diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index 593e66e7f..90fcf2ed6 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ 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/stream-initializr.png[]
+image::{github-raw}/docs/src/main/asciidoc/images/stream-initializr.png[width=800,scaledwidth="75%",align="center"]
+
 . Click the *Generate Project* button.
 +
 Doing so downloads the zipped version of the generated project to your hard drive.
diff --git a/docs/pom.xml b/docs/pom.xml
index 43b2aa920..e148a3744 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.RC1</version>
 	</parent>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<name>spring-cloud-stream-core-docs</name>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b5952ee57..091a6b389 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
          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-stream-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.1.0.RC1</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-test/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-test/pom.xml
index 58ddbc4ce..3b6864a8f 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.RC1</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<dependencies>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-integration-tests/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-stream-integration-tests/pom.xml
index 59eaa31e3..8b3399e73 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.RC1</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<dependencies>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-reactive/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-stream-reactive/pom.xml
index af60a8dc7..761e8db38 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.RC1</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..9586b102a 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.RC1</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<dependencies>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-schema/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-stream-schema/pom.xml
index b0e554503..36ec233da 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.RC1</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..48d2f119d 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.RC1</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..fe0c9b435 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.RC1</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 a6b1da0ce..70b548ee5 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream-tools/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-tools</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.1.0.RC1</version>
     <name>spring-cloud-stream-build-tools</name>
     <description>Spring Cloud Stream Build Tools</description>
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-stream/pom.xml
index b42cbd0db..fbcef3f45 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.RC1</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<dependencies>