diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5dd3afde7..e0ff73a4e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-cloud-build</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.1.0.RC1</version>
         <relativePath/>
     </parent>
     <scm>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-tools/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-stream-tools/pom.xml
index 089a49c0b..a6b1da0ce 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream-tools/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-cloud-build</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.1.0.RC1</version>
         <relativePath />
     </parent>